METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR THE HISTOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CARCINOMA USING LIPID PROFILES

摘要

The objective of the present invention is to classify the histological type of non-small-cell lung carcinoma in a more accurate, inexpensive, and easy manner using only a small amount of tissue sample. To accomplish the objective of the present invention, a method for providing information for the histological classification of non-small-cell lung carcinoma using lipid profiles comprises the steps of: (a) mixing a matrix and a human tissue to prepare a sample; (b) performing mass spectrometry on the prepared sample; (c) selecting first lipid profile data, which is information on a lipid profile, from the data obtained from the mass spectrometry; and (d) comparing second lipid profile data, which is information on the lipid profile of adenocarcinoma tissue or squamous-cell carcinoma tissue, with the first lipid profile data, in order to provide information for indicating whether the sample is relevant to either adenocarcinoma or squamous-cell carcinoma.