Cancer
Lung Cancer: New Non-Invasive Test Could Aid Earlier Diagnosis
Date: 06/03/07
Keywords: Lung Cancer
Like many types of cancer, the early symptoms of lung cancer are non-specific and easily missed. As a result, diagnosis of the disease usually occurs when the cancer is advanced and more difficult to treat. But a new diagnostic tool identifies the earliest stages of lung cancer with a non-invasive procedure.Every breath you take has a unique chemical signature that can reveal the health of your lungs.
Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic recently examined a method that reads the signature of an individual's exhaled breath to determine the presence of lung cancer in its earliest stages - a breakthrough that could significantly lower lung cancer mortality rates.
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