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Kosmas V Kepesidis^1,2,3, Philip Jacob^1,2, Wolfgang Schweinberger^1,3,4

¹Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Chair of Experimental Physics - Laser Physics, 85748 Garching, Germany.

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Laser-based electric-field molecular fingerprinting shows promise for in vitro diagnostics. This technique successfully detected infrared signatures specific to therapy-naïve cancer states in blood plasma, distinguishing them from controls.

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Molecular Spectroscopy
Clinical Diagnostics

Background:

Human biofluids offer insights into physiological states.
Advanced molecular profiling technologies can improve clinical diagnostics.
Laser-based electric-field molecular fingerprinting is an emerging technique.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the potential of electric-field molecular fingerprinting for in vitro diagnostics.
To detect cancer-specific infrared signatures in blood plasma.
To evaluate the robustness of this technology in real-world conditions.

Main Methods:

A proof-of-concept clinical study with 2533 participants.
Spectroscopic profiling of bulk venous blood plasma using laser-based electric-field molecular fingerprinting.
Machine learning algorithms applied to detect infrared signatures.

Main Results:

Detected infrared signatures specific to therapy-naïve cancer states (lung, prostate, breast, bladder).
Achieved a cross-validation ROC AUC of 0.88 for lung cancer and 0.68-0.69 for others.
Demonstrated a lung cancer detection ROC AUC of 0.81 on an independent test set.

Conclusions:

Electric-field molecular fingerprinting is a robust technological framework.
The technique is broadly applicable to disease phenotyping.
This method holds potential for enhancing in vitro diagnostics and cancer detection.