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Table 1 Phospholipids for cancer diagnosis and prognosis

From: Cancer metabolites: promising biomarkers for cancer liquid biopsy

Author

Year

Cancer Type

Sample Type

Method

Lipid metabolites

Effect

Ref

His, M., et al.

2019

Breast cancer

Blood

MS, targeted

PC ae C36:3, PC aa C36:3, PC ae C34:2, PC ae C36:2, PC ae C38:2

Breast cancer risk prediction

[38]

Han, X., et al.

2020

Lung cancer

Blood

UPLC-MS, targeted

Cer 36:1–3, Cer 38:1–3, SM 36:1–2, LPC 16:1

EGFR-TKI therapeutic efficacy evaluation

[39]

Rohnisch, H. E., et al.

2020

Prostate cancer

Blood

MS and NMR, targeted

LPC C17:0, LPC C20:3, LPC C20:4, PC ae C38:3, PC ae C38:4, PC ae C40:2

Prostate cancer risk assessment

[40]

Jiang, N., et al.

2021

Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Blood

UPLC-MS,untargeted

GlcCer(d14:1/24:1), PE(18:1/18:1), SM(d16:1/24:1), SM(d18:1/15:0), SM(d18):1/16:1)

Papillary Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis

[41]

Wang, G., et al.

2021

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Blood

LC–MS, untargeted and targeted

DG: 18:1–18:1; LPCs: 14:0, 16:0, 18:1, 20:4; PCs: 16:0–16:0, 16:0–18:1, 18:0–18:2, 18:0–20:3, 16:0–22:5, 18:0–22:5, and O-16:0–18:2; LPE: 22:4; PE: 16:0–18:2; SM: d18:1/18:0, d18:2/24:1, d18:2/24:2

PDAC detection

[42]

Wang, G., et al.

2022

Lung cancer

Blood

LC–MS, untargeted and targeted

PC16:0–18:1, PC 16:0–18:2, PC 18:0–18:1, PC 18:0–18:2, PC 16:0–22:6

Early-stage lung cancer detection

[43]

  1. PC phosphatidylcholines, Cer Ceramide, SM sphingomyelin, LPC Lyso Phosphatidyl choline, PE Phosphatidyl ethanolamine, LPE Lyso Phosphatidyl ethanolamine, DG diacylglycerol, MS mass spectrometry, UPLC ultra-high performance liquid chromatography, NMR nuclear magnetic resonance