In this article we summarize our own experience of lung cancer diagnostics using exhaled breath analysis with a nonselective method using metal oxide chernoresistor gas sensors with cross-sensitivity combined with the sputum cytology. Volatile organic compounds of exhaled breath change the conductivity of the sensor, the resulting pulse is displayed as a peak on the graph, the area of which is used as test results. The combination of two diagnostic techniques in 204 participants demonstrated the possibility of non-invasively detecting the disease at an early stage. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the breath analysis was 91.2%, 100% and 93.4%, respectively. The combination of the breath test and the sputum cytology compared to the breath test alone showed statistically significant (p = 0.03) increase in sensitivity to 96.8% (95% CI: 80.9%-99%) with acceptable decrease in specificity to 93.4% (95% CI: 88%-96%). The convenience of analysis and realtime measurements show some promise for the early detection.
Translated title of the contributionКОМБИНИРОВАННАЯ РАННЯЯ ДИАГНОСТИКА РАКА ЛЁГКИХ ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕМ СОСТАВА ВЫДЫХАЕМОГО ВОЗДУХА НЕСЕЛЕКТИВНЫМ МЕТОДОМ АНАЛИЗА ЛЕТУЧИХ ОРГАНИЧЕСКИХ СОЕДИНЕНИЙ С ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЕМ МЕТАЛЛООКСИДНЫХ СЕНСОРОВ С ПЕРЕКРЕСТНОЙ ЧУВСТВИТЕЛЬНОСТЬЮ И ЦИТОЛОГИЧЕСКИМ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕМ МОКРОТЫ
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)381-384
Number of pages4
JournalVoprosy Onkologii
Volume66
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2020
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Exhaled breath, Gas analyzer, Lung cancer, Screening, Sputum cytology

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