The investigation of the volatile metabolites of lung cancer from the microenvironment of malignant pleural effusion

Abstract For malignant pleural effusions, pleural fluid cytology is a diagnostic method, but sensitivity is low. The pleural fluid contains metabolites directly released from cancer cells. The objective of this study was to diagnose lung cancer with malignant pleural effusion using the volatilomic p...

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Main Authors: Ke-Cheng Chen, Shih-Wei Tsai, Xiang Zhang, Chian Zeng, Hsiao-Yu Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93032-y