Breath test may be able to detect colorectal cancer | Synopsis

Breath test may be able to detect colorectal cancer

Excerpt:

A test to determine colon, or colorectal, cancer often involves looking at blood and stool samples for signs, and then further invasive testing if a positive marker is found. On top of that, only a small fraction of those who test positive will actually have colorectal cancer. Now, a new study published in the British Medical Journal on Dec. 5 shows that a test that used only exhaled breaths from patients was more than 75 percent accurate in finding patients who had the disease. "The technique of breath sampling is very easy and non-invasive, although the method is still in the early phase of development," Dr. Donato F. Altomare, a researcher with the Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation at the Universite degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro in Bari, Italy, said in a press release.

Concepts:

Cancer Colorectal cancer Ulcerative colitis Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer Colon Colorectal polyp Sigmoidoscopy Oncology

People:

Bari Aldo Moro

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.199539

Disambiguation: PoliticianReferences:

• Aldo Moro: dbpedia
• Aldo Moro: freebase
• Aldo Moro: umbel
• Aldo Moro: yago

Dr. Durado Brooks

Overall Sentiment: -0.17041

Relevance: 0.186627

Sentiment	Quote
0.0731717	"It's an interesting concept, but this is in the very early stages," Brooks said. ...
0.0458691	"It's an interesting concept, but this is in the very early stages," Brooks said. "There's no way to tell if this would work in the general population."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1190408 Mean: 0.0595204 Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Dr. Donato F. Altomare

Overall Sentiment: 0.0679639

Relevance: 0.174075

Dr. Claire Turner

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.144499

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Additional Info:

HealthCondition: colon cancer

Overall Sentiment: -0.108695

Relevance: 0.859579

Disambiguation: DiseaseOrMedicalCondition | RiskFactor | DiseaseReferences:

• Familial adenomatous polyposis: dbpedia
• Familial adenomatous polyposis: freebase
• Familial adenomatous polyposis: umbel
• Familial adenomatous polyposis: yago

HealthCondition: colorectal cancer

Overall Sentiment: 0.312521

Relevance: 0.693357

HealthCondition: cancer

Overall Sentiment: -0.0746714

Relevance: 0.37134

Disambiguation: FieldOfStudy | DiseaseOrMedicalCondition | CauseOfDeath | DiseaseCause | MedicalSpecialty | RiskFactor | DiseaseReferences:

• Cancer: dbpedia
• Cancer: freebase
• Cancer: opencyc

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Provided Keywords:

• breath
• breath test
• cancer
• cancer test
• colon
• colorectal cancer
• rectal

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Breath test may be able to detect colorectal cancer

Provided Desc:

Test looking for organic compounds in people's breaths was accurate 76 percent of the time, but far from being ready for public use

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