Bad Breath Could Be A Sign Of The Emergence Of Early Gastric Cancer

Bad Breath Could Be A Sign Of The Emergence Of Early Gastric Cancer

Gastric cancer is one of the types of cancer which during the difficult didiagonosis effectively.

However, a new study shows, bad breath can be one indicator of the disease. In a study published in the British Journal of Cancer revealed, bad breath indicates accuracy reaches 90 percent within indicate gastric cancer on 130 patients and determine how far the cancer development already.

The breath tests were carried out with a sensor to analyze nanomaterial chemical substances emitted from his breath. Unique chemicals that cause bad breath indicates a progression of gastric cancer.

So far, this method is the simplest method, but accurate. If approved to be used widely, this method would be a major step for the world of medicine because it can detect gastric cancer with more accurate there early.

A breath test found by team Dr Hossam Haick, chaired from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology with sensor containing nanomaterial particle to find microscopic biomarkers of air that eject from his breath.

Breath test method is called discriminant factor analysis (DFA) pattern recognition or pattern recognition analysis discriminant factor. The detection of patterns of chemical substances from your breath smell can distinguish the breath that is caused by a recently eaten food nor of tobacco consumption.

"This preliminary study implying that test your breath can be an alternative to diagnose gastric cancer, endoscopy, replacing an expensive and took a long time," Haick said.

During this time, gastric cancer is usually detected when it reaches a new advanced stage so late to get effective treatment. This is due to the early symptoms of this type of cancer is almost similar to other digestive pain symptoms, such as abdominal pain or heartburn. "Only one in five people (people with cancer of the stomach) that can perform operations as part of the treatment. The rest is usually already too late, "said Kate Law, Director of clinical research in Cancer Research.

These studies continue to be developed to ensure the validitasnya to be used widely. "A test that can help to diagnose the early gastric cancer patients ' life expectancy will make it bigger," said Law.