Breath test for detection of lung cancer

Details Breath test for detection of lung cancer Breath test for detection of lung cancer

1997-10-16

1999-12-07

Yu, Mickey

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436 64, 12820629, A61B 1900

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ABSTRACT:
A method of detecting and diagnosing the probable presence of lung cancer in a mammal, including a human, comprising collecting a measured quantity of alveolar breath from the mammal; analyzing the collected breath for the presence of a marker for lung cancer; determining a first mean alveolar gradient for the marker present in the mammal's breath; comparing the first mean alveolar gradient for the marker present in the mammal's breath to a second mean alveolar gradient for the same marker, found in the breath of a mammal free of lung cancer.

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patent: 5465728 (1995-11-01), Phillips

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