A researcher from the University of Twente has developed an E-nose to detect lung cancer. The electronic nose smells with 94 percent certainty if a person does not have lung cancer, writes the university in a Press release.
Sharina Kort, a pulmonologist trainee at Medisch Spectrum Twente, recently earned her PhD from the University of Twente for her research on the electronic nose. Since 2015, Kort has been studying the possibilities of breath testing to diagnose lung cancer. In the study, an electronic nose was trained to distinguish between people with and without lung cancer.
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“Many people die of lung cancer. This is largely due to the fact that it is only discovered in an advanced stage, when often metastases are already present and there is no longer a cure, “says Kort.” Testing with an electronic nose could be a faster, cheaper way and less tedious to detect lung cancer than current studies. Now biopsies (snacks) are taken, for example from the lungs. “
The nose was trained in four hospitals with 376 people to recognize lung cancer in exhaled air. “We then confirmed this in a new group of 199 people,” says Kort. A follow-up study will examine where the E-nose can be used in the research process.
