Currently, when lung cancer is suspected, a «morsel» of tissue is removed and examined under the microscope. This may change in the future. During her Ph.D. research, Sylvia Roovers-Genet examined proteins in the blood of people with, without, and with possible lung cancer, and thereby developed a method to demonstrate the presence of lung cancer through blood tests. This method can be developed in the future, with the goal of making it suitable for predicting lung cancer.
Less invasive for patients: Using blood tests to diagnose lung cancer
Currently, when lung cancer is suspected, a "morsel" of tissue is removed and examined under the microscope. This may change in the future. During her Ph.D. research, Sylvia Roovers-Genet examined proteins in the blood of people with, without, and with possible lung cancer, and thereby developed a method to demonstrate the presence of lung cancer through blood tests. This method can be developed in the future, with the goal of making it suitable for predicting lung cancer.