BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and lung cancer (LC) have similar clinical symptoms and atypical imaging findings which are easily misdiagnosed. There is an urgent need for a noninvasive, rapid and accurate biomarker for distinguishing LC from TB.
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Lung cancer are malignant tumors with high incidence and mortality rates, and a 5-year survival rate that depends on the stage at the time of diagnosis. Screening methods for lung cancer are becoming increasingly diverse, but existing approaches lack sensitivity or specificity for early lesions, ...
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is frequently the outcome of oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF), a common possibly premalignant disease. In our study, a cohort of 50 patients with OSCC and OSMF, along with 50 healthy controls, was analyzed to identify significant metabolic differences between the...