Lung Cancer

New blood test could detect disease in its earliest stages

Published in Blood Weekly, October 9th, 2003

Lung cancer is often deadly by the time doctors have detected it, but scientists at Duke University Medical Center are developing a noninvasive test that could detect lung cancer in its earliest stages, while it is still treatable.

Their new diagnostic test employs an instrument called "MALDI-TOF MS" to detect proteins in the blood that signal inflammatory diseases and various cancers. Finding a disease-causing protein is critical because it helps doctors diagnose the disease and develop new ways to block its detrimental effects, the researchers said.

Expanding on the MALDI-TOF MS technique, Duke radiologists have identified a specific protein, serum...

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