A METHOD FOR EARLY DETECTION OF LUNG CANCER

摘要

A method for early detection of lung cancer comprising: obtaining samples from the body, especially the respiratory tract material including sputum or bronchial fluid or any other pulmonary tissue or regional lymphnodes or thoracic cells and assaying said samples with monoclonal antibodies for the presence of antigens whose enhanced presence correlates with the development of lung cancer. The method of the present invention permits identification of lung cancer up to two years prior to the development of clinical lung caner, and thus enables early treatment of the lung cancer.