Assessment of an Exhaled Breath Test Using High-Pressure Photon Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry to Detect Lung Cancer.

Journal: JAMA network open
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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Exhaled breath is an attractive option for cancer detection. A sensitive and reliable breath test has the potential to greatly facilitate diagnoses and therapeutic monitoring of lung cancer.

Authors

  • Shushi Meng
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
  • Qingyun Li
    Shenzhen Breatha Biological Technology Co Ltd, Shenzhen, China.
  • Zuli Zhou
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
  • Hang Li
    Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
  • Xianping Liu
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
  • Shuli Pan
    Medical Examination Center, Aerospace 731 Hospital, Beijing, China.
  • Mingru Li
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aerospace 731 Hospital, Beijing, China.
  • Lei Wang
    Department of Nursing, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
  • Yanqing Guo
    Medical Examination Center, Aerospace 731 Hospital, Beijing, China.
  • Mantang Qiu
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
  • Jun Wang
    Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and the Department of Neurology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.