This paper comprises an updated version of the 2014 review which reported 1846 volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) identified from healthy humans. In total over 900 additional …

Lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are inflammatory
diseases that have risen worldwide, posing a major public health issue, encompassing not …

Background The potential of exhaled breath sampling and analysis has long attracted
interest in the areas of medical diagnosis and disease monitoring. This interest is attributed …

Breath analysis is a promising technique for lung cancer screening. Despite the rapid
development of breathomics in the last four decades, no consistent, robust, and validated …

Importance The detection and quantification of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) within
exhaled breath have evolved gradually for the diagnosis of cancer. The overall diagnostic …

In human exhaled breath, more than 3000 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are found,
which are directly or indirectly related to internal biochemical processes in the body …

The peroxidation of unsaturated fatty acids is a widely recognized metabolic process that
creates a complex mixture of volatile organic compounds including aldehydes. Elevated …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the ability of breath analysis to distinguish
lung cancer (LC) patients from patients with other respiratory diseases and healthy people …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), produced and emitted through the metabolism of
cancer cells or the body's immune system, are considered novel cancer biomarkers for …

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. Because tumors detected at early
stages are easier to treat, the search for biomarkers—especially non-invasive ones—that …