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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Mark Waghorn & Alahna Kindred

'Holy grail' blood test could diagnose any cancer years before symptoms

A "holy grail" blood test that can diagnose cancer before any symptoms appear is set to be on the brink of development, scientists have said.

Scientists discovered a protein that is released in the early stages of the disease and it is made by a gene named KRAS.

This gene is most frequently mutated across tumours including lung, bowel and pancreatic.

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