Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer, and it\u2019s often discovered too late to cure. But researchers at National Jewish Health in Denver may have found a new way to spot it earlier than ever.
\nA new study at National Jewish Health uses breath to detect the disease.
\nYears ago Tess detected breast cancer. Her big furry Newfoundland sniffed her owner\u2019s chest enough to make her get a mammogram and she was diagnosed.
\n‘We know that they can smell more than what you or I can smell,’ Dr. James Jett with National Jewish Health said.
\nNow man is experimenting with a machine. Call it a mechanical dog.
\n‘There\u2019s no pins and needles associated with it; no blood draw, it\u2019s painless,’ Jett said.
\nResearchers at the hospital demonstrated the device to 4 On Your Side Health Specialist Kathy Walsh. It looks like a computer with a hose attached. A person breathes in and out of the hose for about five minutes. The breath is pulled across 128 sensors that can detect different chemicals.
\n‘The goal is to see if we can come up with a certain pattern of chemicals in your breath that says you\u2019re at a high likelihood of having cancer or that says you do have cancer,’ Jett said.
\nAbout 80 percent of lung cancer patients are now diagnosed in advanced stages.
\n‘If we can detect more people with earlier stage cancer we\u2019re going to have a better chance of curing more individuals,’ Jett said.
\nThe breath test is easy and will be inexpensive, but the study will take a number of years.
\nResearchers say, like a dog, the new sensor still needs to be trained to make sure it\u2019s got a nose for accurate diagnosis.\nCBS<\/link>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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