Evaluation of FTIR Spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool for lung cancer using sputum

D. Lewis, Paul; Lewis, Keir; Ghosal, Robin; Bayliss, Sion; J. Lloyd, Amanda; W. Wills, John; Ruth Godfrey, A.; Kloer, Philip; A. J. Mur, Luis

doi:10.1186/1471-2407-10-640

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Evaluation of FTIR Spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool for lung cancer using sputum

Published in BMC Cancer • Nov 23, 2010

Authors:

Paul D. Lewis

Keir Lewis

Robin Ghosal

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Survival time for lung cancer is poor with over 90% of patients dying within five years of diagnosis primarily due to detection at late stage. The main objective of this study was to evaluate Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) as a high throughput and cost effective method fo...

Subject

Lung cancer

Sputum

Internal medicine

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