METHOD FOR DETECTING BREAST CANCER USING RESPIRATORY GAS

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for detecting breast cancer or the progression of breast cancer using respiratory gas, and more specifically, to a method for detecting breast cancer or the progression of breast cancer by analyzing respiratory gas using an electronic nose. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for providing information on the diagnosis of breast cancer or the progression of breast cancer by analyzing respiratory gas using an electronic nose. According to the present invention, when analyzing the collected respiratory gas using an electronic nose a normal person, an early stage breast cancer patient with stage 0 breast cancer, a patient with only a breast cancer tumor, a patient with breast cancer and other cancers (thyroid cancer), and a patient under anticancer therapy show different patterns, respectively, the present invention is useful when early diagnostic methods are not adequate and to enhance sensitivity and specificity which are the limitations of conventional breast cancer detection