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Analysis of tumor-draining vein secretome: A direct access to tumor-derived extracellular vesicles in surgical lung cancer patients

YANGYI HE^1,2, DAVID SANCHEZ-LORENTE^3,4,5, MELISSA ACOSTA-PLASENCIA¹, MARC BOADA^3,4,5, ANGELA GUIRAO^3,4,5, RAMON M. MARRADES^4,5,6,7, LAUREANO MOLINS^3,4,5, ALFONS NAVARRO^1,4,5,*

1 Molecular Oncology and Embryology Laboratory, Department of Surgery and Surgical Specializations, Human Anatomy Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, 08036, Spain
2 School of Basic Medical Sciences, Chengdu University, Chengdu, 610106, China
3 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, 08036, Spain
4 Thoracic Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, 08036, Spain
5 Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, 08036, Spain
6 Department of Pneumology, Institut Clínic Respiratori (ICR), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, 08036, Spain
7 Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain

* Corresponding Author: ALFONS NAVARRO. Email: