一种新的肺癌测试法可利用面颊内层细胞辨认高风险患者。在2005年第71届美国国际胸腔科学年会中, 一项新的研究报道科学家可利用口腔绒毛或面颊内层刮离的细胞鉴别肺癌患者与正常人。这一发现可能使面颊细胞分析成为一种早期筛选肺癌高危病患的简单经济方法。

Cheek Cells Used To Identify Lung Cancer

A novel test for lung cancer uses inner cheek cells to identify the disease in high-risk patients. In a new study presented at CHEST 2005, the 71st annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), scientists found that buccal mucosa, or cells scraped from the inner part of the cheek, may contain information that separates patients with lung cancer from high-risk negatives, a finding that may support cheek cell analysis as a simple and inexpensive early screening method for patients at risk for lung cancer.