5月30日至6月3日在芝加哥舉行的ASCO年會上，以色列學者報告他們發明了一種全新的肺癌篩查工具，人們僅需向管子內吹氣，即可評估其肺癌風險。作者說，由於肺癌患者可產生特殊的揮發性有機化合物，很容易在呼出氣體中獲取，使呼氣測肺癌成為可能。這項納入358名受試者的小型臨床研究取得不錯的進展。
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Breath Test Detects Lung Cancer: With Breathalyzer, New Study Suggests Lung Cancer Prevention
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Breath Test Detects Lung Cancer
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US News reports that the new study mixed up 358 people living in the United States and Israel. 213 of those people had lung cancer, while 143 of these people had advanced-stage cancer. The remaining 145 people did not have lung cancer. For the study to come up with a breath test detects lung cancer, doctors told the patients to blow into a balloon which happens to be attached to a very receptive gold nanoparticle sensor.
The researchers then sent the breath particles to a laboratory in Haifa, Israel called Technion Institute for them to analyze the particles in the sensor trap for volatile organic compounds. These are reportedly evidence of lung cancer.
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