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The airway microbiota of non‐small cell lung cancer patients and its relationship to tumor stage and EGFR gene mutation

Accumulating studies have suggested the airway microbiota in lung cancer patients is significantly different from that of healthy controls. However, little is known about the relationship between airway microbiota and… Click to show full abstract

Accumulating studies have suggested the airway microbiota in lung cancer patients is significantly different from that of healthy controls. However, little is known about the relationship between airway microbiota and important clinical parameters of lung cancer. In this study, we aimed to explore the association between sputum microbiota and lung cancer stage, lymph node metastasis, intrathoracic metastasis, and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutation.

Keywords: lung cancer; airway microbiota; egfr gene; cancer patients; cancer

Journal Title: Thoracic Cancer
Year Published: 2022

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