Differentiating cancer types using a urine test for volatile organic compounds

AS Bannaga, F Kvasnik, K Persaud… - Journal of Breath …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Background. In the human body, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are produced by
different tissues then secreted in different body fluids and subsequently excreted. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Urinary volatile organic compound analysis for the diagnosis of cancer: A systematic literature review and quality assessment

Q Wen, P Boshier, A Myridakis, I Belluomo, GB Hanna - Metabolites, 2020 - mdpi.com
The analysis of urinary volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is a promising field of research
with the potential to discover new biomarkers for cancer early detection. This systematic …

[HTML][HTML] Urinary metabolites for urological cancer detection: A review on the application of volatile organic compounds for cancers

Q Gao, WY Lee - American journal of clinical and experimental …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer is one of the most devastating human diseases that causes a great number of
mortalities each year worldwide. Thus, finding and treating cancers early is of increasing …

Urinary volatile compounds as biomarkers for lung cancer

Y Hanai, K Shimono, K Matsumura… - Bioscience …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Lung cancer is a leading cause of deaths in cancer. Hence, developing early-stage
diagnostic tests that are non-invasive, highly sensitive, and specific is crucial. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of urinary VOCs using mass spectrometric methods to diagnose cancer: A review

BRB da Costa, BS De Martinis - Clinical Mass Spectrometry, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of non-invasive screening techniques for early cancer detection is one of
the greatest scientific challenges of the 21st century. One promising emerging method is the …

[HTML][HTML] Urinary volatiles and chemical characterisation for the non-invasive detection of prostate and bladder cancers

H Tyagi, E Daulton, AS Bannaga, RP Arasaradnam… - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bladder cancer (BCa) and prostate cancer (PCa) are some of the most common cancers in
the world. In both BCa and PCa, the diagnosis is often confirmed with an invasive technique …

Urinary VOCs as bladder cancer biomarkers

L Stone - Nature Reviews Urology, 2022 - nature.com
Analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urine has revealed potential noninvasive
biomarkers for the diagnosis and surveillance of bladder cancer. In 305 samples from …

Volatile organic compounds as biomarkers of bladder cancer: Sensitivity and specificity using trained sniffer dogs

CM Willis, LE Britton, R Harris, J Wallace… - Cancer …, 2011 - content.iospress.com
In a previous canine study, we demonstrated that volatile organic compounds specific to
bladder cancer are present in urine headspace, subsequently showing that up to 70% of …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for the non-invasive detection of pancreatic cancer from urine

E Daulton, AN Wicaksono, A Tiele, HM Kocher… - Talanta, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a particularly challenging cancer, with very
low 5-year survival rates. This low survival rate is linked to late stage diagnosis, associated …

Relationship between cancer tissue derived and exhaled volatile organic compound from colorectal cancer patients. Preliminary results

N De Vietro, A Aresta, MT Rotelli, C Zambonin… - … of Pharmaceutical and …, 2020 - Elsevier
New insight into the omic sciences suggests that volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
contained in exhaled breath can reflect the healthy or disease state of patients, representing …