Issue 19, 2024

Non-invasive diagnostic test for lung cancer using biospectroscopy and variable selection techniques in saliva samples

Abstract

Lung cancer is one of the most commonly occurring malignant tumours worldwide. Although some reference methods such as X-ray, computed tomography or bronchoscope are widely used for clinical diagnosis of lung cancer, there is still a need to develop new methods for early detection of lung cancer. Especially needed are approaches that might be non-invasive and fast with high analytical precision and statistically reliable. Herein, we developed a swab “dip” test in saliva whereby swabs were analysed using attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy harnessed to principal component analysis–quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA) and variable selection techniques employing successive projections algorithm (SPA) and genetic algorithm (GA) for feature selection/extraction combined with QDA. A total of 1944 saliva samples (56 designated as lung-cancer positive and 1888 designed as controls) were obtained in a lung cancer-screening programme being undertaken in North-West England. GA-QDA models achieved, for the test set, sensitivity and specificity values of 100.0% and 99.1%, respectively. Three wavenumbers (1422 cm−1, 1546 cm−1 and 1578 cm−1) were identified using the GA-QDA model to distinguish between lung cancer and controls, including ring C–C stretching, C[double bond, length as m-dash]N adenine, Amide II [δ(NH), ν(CN)] and νs(COO) (polysaccharides, pectin). These findings highlight the potential of using biospectroscopy associated with multivariate classification algorithms to discriminate between benign saliva samples and those with underlying lung cancer.

Graphical abstract: Non-invasive diagnostic test for lung cancer using biospectroscopy and variable selection techniques in saliva samples

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Mai 2024
Accepted
31 Jul 2024
First published
01 Aug 2024

Analyst, 2024,149, 4851-4861

Non-invasive diagnostic test for lung cancer using biospectroscopy and variable selection techniques in saliva samples

C. L. M. Morais, K. M. G. Lima, A. W. Dickinson, T. Saba, T. Bongers, M. N. Singh, F. L. Martin and D. Bury, Analyst, 2024, 149, 4851 DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00726C

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