Early Detection: Scientists are Working on a Cancer-Detecting ‘Breath Test’

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By Julie Fidler

Detecting cancer most often requires a biopsy, which can be painful and tough to recover from. Often, cancer is not diagnosed until it is in an advanced stage, as many types of the disease don’t cause symptoms initially. But now, cancer is on its way to becoming diagnosed using a “breath biopsy.” Scientists have been working on a breath test capable of detecting multiple types of the disease. [1]

?A few months back, researchers recruited 1,500 people for the first clinical trials of the Breath Biopsy technology. The test searches for odorous molecules called volatile organic compounds (VOC). When these …read more

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