Month: April 2024

Infrared Spectroscopy to Analyze Breath of Breast Cancer Patients

ASCO

Population-level screening programs aimed at early detection and treatment of breast cancer saves lives. Analyzing breath using infrared spectroscopy offers a highly sensitive, non-invasive, and cost-effective mechanism for identifying exhaled volatile organic chemicals, and it is hypothesized that it may identify differences in the “breathprint” of women with breast cancer relative to those without a breast cancer diagnosis.