New breath test detects lung cancer
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:37 pm
The test reported accuracy exceeding 80% in lung cancer detection. As well, the test could identify the subtype of lung cancer — small cell, adenocarcinoma or squamous cell — with accuracy approaching 90%.
These results show that the first generation of our breath test technology compares well with CT scans. Detection of the metabolomic signature of lung cancer in exhaled breath is non-invasive, rapid, and inexpensive, and will become a valuable adjunct to help assess an indeterminate CT, and may come to have a central role in early detection and differentiation of lung cancer, while lowering costs to the health-care system.
These results show that the first generation of our breath test technology compares well with CT scans. Detection of the metabolomic signature of lung cancer in exhaled breath is non-invasive, rapid, and inexpensive, and will become a valuable adjunct to help assess an indeterminate CT, and may come to have a central role in early detection and differentiation of lung cancer, while lowering costs to the health-care system.