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The electronic nose can distinguish between people with and without lung cancer
Can you detect lung cancer by smelling the air someone breathes out? Sharina Kort, a lung specialist in training at MST, recently received her doctorate from the University of Twente based on her research on this topic. Since 2015, Sharina Kort has been researching the potential for diagnosing lung cancer using breath analysis. In research, an electronic nose is trained to distinguish people with and without lung cancer. Many people die from lung cancer. This is mainly because it is only discovered at a late stage, when metastases are usually already present and there is little hope of a cure. That's why our research is...
The electronic nose can distinguish between people with and without lung cancer
Can you detect lung cancer by smelling the air someone breathes out? Sharina Kort, a lung specialist in training at MST, recently received her doctorate from the University of Twente based on her research on this topic.
Since 2015, Sharina Kort has been researching the potential for diagnosing lung cancer using breath analysis. In research, an electronic nose is trained to distinguish people with and without lung cancer.
Many people die from lung cancer. This is mainly because it is only discovered at a late stage, when metastases are usually already present and there is little hope of a cure. This is why our research is so important; Another reason is the focus on non-invasive lung cancer diagnostics. In other words, a test that carries no risk of complications and is not perceived as unpleasant by the patient.”
Sharina Kort, lung specialist
The nose was trained among 376 people at four hospitals to detect lung cancer in exhaled air. “We subsequently confirmed this in a new group of 199 people,” adds Sharina. “If the nose indicates there is no lung cancer, we can say with 94 percent certainty that the person does not have lung cancer.”
"Testing with an e-nose could be a faster, cheaper and less unpleasant way to detect lung cancer than current testing methods. For example, biopsies are currently taken from the lungs," Sharina continued. “With e-nose tests you get the results faster, so the patient waits less time with uncertainty.”
“The next step is to determine at which stage of the testing process the electronic nose can best be used so that it provides the greatest benefit to the patient,” says Sharina. “This needs to be the subject of further research.”
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