Breath test to detect cancer being developed | 9 News Australia

https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/persons/roger-yazbek-2

https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publications/a-review-of-breath-analysis-techniques-in-head-and-neck-cancer


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1368837520300907?via%3Dihub

A review of breath analysis techniques in head and neck cancer

Abstract
Cancers of the head and neck region are a severely disabling group of diseases with no method for early detection. Analysis of exhaled breath volatile organic compounds shows promise as biomarkers for early detection and disease monitoring. This article reviews breath analysis in the setting of head and neck cancer, with a practical focus on breath sampling techniques, detection technologies and valid data analysis methods. Title and abstract keyword searches were conducted on PubMed and Embase databases to identify English language studies without a time-period limitation. The main inclusion criteria were human studies comparing head and neck cancer patients to healthy controls using exhaled breath analysis. Multiple breath collection techniques, three major detection technologies and multiple data analysis methods were identified. However, the variability in techniques and lack of methodological standardization does not allow for adequate study replication or data pooling. Twenty-two volatile organic compounds identified in five studies have been reported to discriminate head and neck cancer patients from healthy controls. Breath analysis for detection of head and neck cancer shows promise as a non-invasive detection tool. However, methodological standardization is paramount for future research study design to provide the potential for translating these techniques into routine clinical use.

Important:
"Multiple breath collection techniques, three major detection technologies and multiple data analysis methods were identified"


I don't believe this study includes Akida at all, but obviously this is exactly the research that Brainchip will be following. The industry is still formative. This is a good example of where Brainchip, especially Peter & Adam et al in W.A, is going...... I can see Akida being the mechanism that standardises the detection of V.O.C.