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J Thorac Dis

Title:		Exhaled breath analysis for lung cancer
Author(s):		Dent AG; Sutedja TG; Zimmerman PV;
Address:		"Department of Thoracic Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Rode Road, Chermside, Queensland 4032, Australia; ; The University of Queensland, Brisbane, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia;"
Journal Title:		J Thorac Dis
Year:		2013
Volume:		5 Suppl 5
Issue:		Suppl 5
Page Number:		S540 - S550
DOI:		10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.08.44
ISSN/ISBN:		2072-1439 (Print) 2077-6624 (Electronic) 2072-1439 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Early diagnosis of lung cancer results in improved survival compared to diagnosis with more advanced disease. Early disease is not reliably indicated by symptoms. Because investigations such as bronchoscopy and needle biopsy have associated risks and substantial costs, they are not suitable for population screening. Hence new easily applicable tests, which can be used to screen individuals at risk, are required. Biomarker testing in exhaled breath samples is a simple, relatively inexpensive, non-invasive approach. Exhaled breath contains volatile and non-volatile organic compounds produced as end-products of metabolic processes and the composition of such compounds varies between healthy subjects and subjects with lung cancer. Many studies have analysed the patterns of these compounds in exhaled breath. In addition studies have also reported that the exhaled breath condensate (EBC) can reveal gene mutations or DNA abnormalities in patients with lung cancer. This review has summarised the scientific evidence demonstrating that lung cancer has distinct chemical profiles in exhaled breath and characteristic genetic changes in EBC. It is not yet possible to accurately identify individuals with lung cancer in at risk populations by any of these techniques. However, analysis of both volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath and of EBC have great potential to become clinically useful diagnostic and screening tools for early stage lung cancer detection"
Keywords:		Lung cancer biomarkers exhaled breath volatile organic compounds;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEDent, Annette G Sutedja, Tom G Zimmerman, Paul V eng Review China 2013/10/29 J Thorac Dis. 2013 Oct; 5 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):S540-50. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2013.08.44"