Scientists have recently included in the Cancer Research UK Team at Cambridge Central clinical testing against test breath. Because the test is expected to be able to detect cancer early.
Scientists also want to know whether the signal from a different cancer cells can be captured by the molecular pattern of the breath. This research was collecting samples of breath more than about 1,500 people some of whom suffered from cancer.
The workings of this test is to use the molecule called volatile organic compounds (VOCS) are released when cells in the body do the biochemistry reaction as part of their behavior.
But if there are any cancer cells or other conditions in the patient's body, the normal behavior of the cell will change and they seem to produce molecules that differ from the usual. The difference is the one who can help detect cancer at an early stage.
At trial, the researchers insert a patient suspected of cancer of the esophagus and stomach, prostate cancer patients, kidney, bladder, liver, and pakreas. Healthy people will also be entered in the trials this breathing tests.
Patients were asked to inhale a mask for 100 minutes to sample enough breath. The sample is then sent to a laboratory to be analyzed.
A trial of a person who turns out to have cancer detected quickly. But his illness is detected is still at an early stage so that it can be more easily treated.
We really need to develop these tools, like the breath test, which can help detect and diagnose cancer early, giving the patient the best chance to survive the disease. "said Chief Researcher, Prof. Rebecca Fitzgerald.