Breath testing as potential colorectal cancer screening tool
Breath testing as potential colorectal cancer screening tool
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DOI:
10.1002/ijc.29701
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发表时间:
2016-01-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Haick, Hossam
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作者:
Amal, Haitham;Leja, Marcis;Haick, Hossam
Although colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is included in organized programs of many countries worldwide, there is still a place for better screening tools. In this study, 418 breath samples were collected from 65 patients with CRC, 22 with advanced or nonadvanced adenomas, and 122 control cases. All patients, including the controls, had undergone colonoscopy. The samples were analysed with two different techniques. The first technique relied on gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for identification and quantification of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The T-test was used to identify significant VOCs (p values