Gastrointestinal cancer could be detected from breath

Gastrointestinal cancer could be detected from breath

Scientists have developed a screening tool that can accurately diagnosing gastrointestinal cancer through breath .

This examination is able to identify chemicals that are identical with the tumor cells as well as cancer . As the Dailymail , the accuracy rate reaches 76 percent .

Experts say that this tool will represent a new breakthrough for cancer screening .

Layers cancer has a different metabolism of healthy cells in the body . Cancer cells produce volatile organic components ( VOCs ) that can be detected through the patient's breathing , as reported by the British Journal of Surgery .

In theory , tumors and cancers produce specific components that will not be found in healthy people .

Scientists from the University of Bari Aldo Moro , Dr. Donato Altomare , collecting breath samples from 37 patients with colon cancer and 42 patients were otherwise healthy .

The results showed that patients with colon cancer have a different VOCs when compared to patients who are otherwise healthy .

" The breath sample collection technique is very easy and painless , although this method is an initial phase that is being developed , " Altomare said .

This technique is expected to help identify patients who re- diagnosed with cancer , despite treatment .

When these digestive cancers can be diagnosed early , the chance to stop the development .

Other screening is done by taking a sample of dirt and blood ( fecal occult blood test ) .

Examination of breath now recommended to diagnose some types of other chronic diseases are like tuberculosis and diabetes .
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