Autoantibodies may help detect lung cancer earlier
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
Preliminary research has identified autoantibodies, immune proteins found in the blood specific for one's own proteins, that can potentially detect lung cancer early by distinguishing between smokers with or without lung cancer and also discriminate between lung cancer and low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) detected non-cancerous lung lesions.