The study will include 50 patients with newly diagnosed SCLC, referred to systemic antineoplastic treatment at the Dept. of Oncology, Aalborg University Hospital and blood samples from 50 healthy blood donors.~The blood samples from SCLC patients will be collected before chemotherapy with Carboplatin and Etoposide and after 2 cycles of chemotherapy.~Imaging will be performed at the Dept. of Radiology, Aalborg University Hospital before chemotherapy and after 3 cycles of the treatment.
The aim of this study is to gather insight into tumor-derived circulating extracellular vesicles-proteins in patients with newly diagnosed small cell lung cancer.