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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

A Panel of Circulating Exosomal sncRNAs Associated With Lung Cancer Risk up to 10 Years in Advance.

Zhuokun Feng, Masaki Nasu, Ayman Abdul-Ghani, Yu Chen, Shaoqiu Chen, Isam Mohd Ibrahim, Hanqiu Zhang, Lauren Higa, Zitong Gao, Hua Yang and 3 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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13 authors.

Zhuokun FengDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3241-1988
Masaki NasuDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Ayman Abdul-GhaniPali Momi Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Yu ChenDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1348-8992
Shaoqiu ChenDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6532-1575
Isam Mohd IbrahimDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Hanqiu ZhangDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Lauren HigaDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Zitong GaoDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5689-6043
Hua YangDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4573-3932
Raphael BuenoDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Loïc Le MarchandCancer Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Youping DengDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5951-8213

Funding

AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center - All Four CoresOT2OD032581 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI Paul Avillach, Bettina M. Beech · 2021 to 2026
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UH Hilo COP A&RP20GM103466 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI Peter R Hoffmann · 2012 to 2026
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The Role of gp120 on Cardiovascular Disease in People Living with HIVU54MD007601 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI Lee Ellen Buenconsejo-Lum, Jerris Robert Hedges · 2017 to 2026
$59.5M
University of Hawaii Cancer Center CCSGP30CA071789 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI JOHN Alan SHEPHERD · 1996 to 2026
$56.2M
Understanding Population Differences in Cancer: The MEC StudyU01CA164973 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI HAIMAN, CHRISTOPHER ALAN, LE MARCHAND, LOIC · 2015 to 2025
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Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM138062 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI OKAMOTO, SCOTT KIYOSHI · 2021 to 2025
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Selenium Metabolism in the Heart: Impact of High Fructose and Low SeleniumP20GM139753 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI Marla J Berry · 2022 to 2026
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Pacific Center for Genome ResearchU54HG013243 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI Alexandra Margaret Lynn Binder, Youping Deng · 2023 to 2026
$10.8M
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Profiling genome-wide circulating ncRNAs for the early detection of lung cancerR01CA223490 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI DENG, YOUPING · 2018 to 2022
$3.1M
Circulating lipid and miRNA markers for early detection of breast cancer among women with abnormal mammogramsR01CA230514 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI DENG, YOUPING · 2019 to 2023
$2.8M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current lung cancer screening fails to identify many individuals at risk beyond heavy smokers, highlighting the need for additional predictive biomarkers. This study profiles circulating exosomal small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) in a prospective cohort of 202 smokers, including 68 incident lung cancer cases with up to 16 years of follow-up. A structured 5 × 5 nested cross-validation framework incorporating feature selection, classifier comparison, and outer-loop evaluation identifies a panel of 31 sncRNA risk biomarkers. The optimized random forest model achieves an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.97 in outer-fold testing (sensitivity = 0.93; specificity = 1.00). The derived risk score remains independently associated with incident lung cancer after adjustment for demographic and smoking variables (odds ratio [OR] = 13.19, 95% confidence interval [CI] 6.83-25.45) and is associated with shorter time-to-diagnosis in competing risks analysis (subdistribution hazard ratio [sHR] = 4.78, 95% CI 3.57-6.41). Associations are observed up to 10 years prior to diagnosis. Target gene analysis implicates pathways relevant to lung tumorigenesis, including PI3K-Akt, p53, and MAPK signaling. These findings suggest that plasma exosomal sncRNAs may contribute to early lung cancer risk assessment and warrant further evaluation in independent pre-diagnostic cohorts.

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exosomemachine learningplasmapre‐diagnosis biomarkersmall non‐coding RNA

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PMID42596913
PMCPMC13474057

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