Lung cancer can be detected by measuring breath temperature

Yesterday at the ERS International Conference in Munich (Germany), scientists presented a new study that could make lung cancer diagnosis much simpler and more economical by measuring the patient's breath temperature.

The breath temperature of people with lung cancer will be higher than that of people without, and the longer they smoke, the worse the disease progresses, the higher the temperature will be.

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Through a practical test on 82 people, including 40 people with lung cancer, using a device to measure the temperature of exhaled breath called X-Halo, it was found that the temperature of exhaled breath of people with lung cancer was always higher than that of people without. If you know that currently to diagnose lung cancer, people have to go through many processes from CT scan to biopsy (taking a sample of cells in the lungs for testing) to get the results, then diagnosis by measuring only the temperature of exhaled breath becomes extremely simple and economical, it does not cost much and does not harm the patient's health.

In addition, the team of researchers also said they have found a specific temperature threshold to accurately identify lung cancer. Hopefully, this research will soon be widely applied once it is accepted by reputable medical organizations around the world.

According to Engadget, Eurekalert​