Compared with the control group, the NSCLC group showed elevated levels of lactate, alanine, glutamate, proline, glycoprotein, phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan, and decreased levels of glucose, taurine, glutamine, glycine, phosphocreatine and threonine, which could be partially or completely reversed by MWA treatment. The gene discussed is ART4; the disease is non-small cell lung carcinoma.