Metabolomic Biomarkers in Blood Samples Identify Cancers in a Mixed Population of Patients with Nonspecific Symptoms.
James R LarkinSusan AnthonyVanessa A JohanssenTianrong YeoMegan SealeyAbi G YatesClaire Friedemann SmithTimothy D W ClaridgeBrian D NicholsonJulie-Ann MorelandFergus GleesonNicola R SibsonDaniel Clive AnthonyFay ProbertPublished in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2022)
For a mixed group of patients referred from primary care with nonspecific signs and symptoms, NMR-based metabolomics can assist their diagnosis, and may differentiate both those with malignancies and those with and without metastatic disease. See related commentary by Van Tine and Lyssiotis, p. 1477.