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Oxford Study Identifies 12 Blood Proteins Predicting Prostate Cancer

By Drooid · Oct 22, 2026, 11:07 AM UTC · How we work

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Oxford University researchers discovered a method to predict prostate cancer risk decades before diagnosis.
The study analyzed blood from 982 men who later developed prostate cancer and 1,573 controls.
Researchers measured over 6,000 blood proteins and identified 12 proteins, including GZMK, linked to cancer diagnosed 15 years later.
They also found seven proteins, such as ANKRD1, associated with aggressive, metastatic disease, and published results in European Urology.

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Oxford University researchers discovered a method to predict prostate cancer risk decades before diagnosis.
The study analyzed blood from 982 men who later developed prostate cancer and 1,573 controls.
Researchers measured over 6,000 blood proteins and identified 12 proteins, including GZMK, linked to cancer diagnosed 15 years later.
They also found seven proteins, such as ANKRD1, associated with aggressive, metastatic disease, and published results in European Urology.