A protocol for using human genetic data to identify circulating protein level changes that are the causal consequence of cancer processes

• Lisa M. Hobson ,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Lisa.hobson@bristol.ac.uk (LMH); lucy.goudswaard@bristol.ac.uk (LJG); philip.haycock@bristol.ac.uk (PCH)

  Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7994-8880

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• Richard M. Martin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Karl Smith-Byrne,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• George Davey Smith,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1407-8314

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• Gibran Hemani,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Joseph H. Gilbody,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• James Yarmolinsky,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Sarah E.R. Bailey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health and Community Science, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

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• Lucy J. Goudswaard ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Lisa.hobson@bristol.ac.uk (LMH); lucy.goudswaard@bristol.ac.uk (LJG); philip.haycock@bristol.ac.uk (PCH)

  Affiliations MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1481-6871

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• Philip C. Haycock

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Lisa.hobson@bristol.ac.uk (LMH); lucy.goudswaard@bristol.ac.uk (LJG); philip.haycock@bristol.ac.uk (PCH)

  Affiliation MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5001-3350

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