Subjects populations
In this study, 15 patients of lung cancer and 5 healthy individuals were
included. Blood samples were obtained from volunteers and lung cancer
patients under treatment at Oncology Department, Tanta University
Hospital. All patients are given informed consent under a protocol
approved by the Faculty of Medicine Ethical Committee Review Board,
Tanta University. Patients were diagnosed according to world health
organization (WHO) criteria based on TNM classification[11] . Classification of subjects was performed after the
detection of inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria before, during
and after induction of chemotherapy.