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SUBMITTER: Zhang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5325353 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Jianyong J Xu Jianjun J Lu Haiyan H Ding Jianhua J Yu Dongliang D Li Penghui P Xiong Jianwen J Liu Xingxing X Chen Huanwen H Wei Yiping Y
Oncotarget 20160901 39
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, and early diagnosis needs to be improved. We examined whether neutral desorption extractive electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ND-EESI-MS) could be used to detect sputum lipids expression changes to enable earlier diagnosis. Overall, 167 NSCLC patients and 140 controls were enrolled. The main peaks in the sputum of patients with NSCLC patients differed from controls (83.3% of total variability), and the ...[more]