A METHOD OF ASSESSING LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA STATUS IN AN INDIVIDUAL

摘要

The invention relates to a method of screening patients to identify patients at risk of having a lung squamous cell carcinoma. A sample of serum from the individual is assayed for the abundance of a protein selected from the group consisting of: SEQUENCE ID NO'S: 1 to 11 relative for a control abundance for that protein, and the relative abundance obtained is correlated with risk of lung SCC cancer. The diagnosis may involve a single diagnostic variable or a panel of diagnostic variables. For each biomarker, relative abundance may be obtained by means of 2-DIGE separation and gel imaging. The samples are generally pre-treated to remove highly abundant proteins from the serum.