In this preliminary report with a limited number of lung cancer patients, we have used SFXS of plasma and sputa as the basis for a new technique identifying elastin as an exclusive lung cancer biomarker. This technique has the potential to become a new protocol for rapid and cost-effective screening and diagnosis of lung cancer.
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