Lung cancer

Lung cancer is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung, and continues to be the most common cause of cancer death worldwide (Nasim F et al. (2019)). Lung cancers typically start in the cells lining the bronchi and parts of the lung such as the bronchioles or alveoli. Most cancers that start in the lung, known as primary lung cancers, are carcinomas which originate from epithelial cells. The two main types of lung cancer are non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer (ACS). The most common symptoms include a cough, breathlessness and weight loss. There is a strong link to smoking as a risk factor, although other risk factors do exist, such as age. Diagnosis is done by CT scan, and for those with early stage lung cancer, surgical resection is the preferred treatment option (Nasim F et al. (2019)).

Differential abundance and machine learning analysis

This section presents the disease-specific results of the differential abundance and machine learning analyses. The analyses are reported for three comparisons: 1) disease vs. all other diseases, 2) disease vs. diseases from the same class, and 3) disease vs. healthy samples.

Disease vs All other
Disease vs Class
Disease vs Healthy