May 2007
Lung-Cancer Breathalyzer
A cheap disposable device advances.
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Dye spots on a sheet of paper form distinctive color patterns when exposed to the breath of lung-cancer patients.
Credit: Christopher Harting |
There was a time when doctors would sniff the breath of patients, looking for a yeasty note characteristic of tuberculosis or a sweet smell indicative of diabetes. Now researchers at the Cleveland Clinic could update olfactory diagnostics with a prototype breath detector for lung cancer.
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