Ghadeer Magid Osman
University of Medical Science and Technology, Sudan
Title: Non-invasive device for the detection of lung cancer using exhaled breath
Biography
Biography: Ghadeer Magid Osman
Abstract
Statement of the Problem: The traditional way of diagnosing lung cancer are invasive, expensive and time consuming procedure. Lung cancer is one of the most popular type of cancer. It is a world threatening disease as symptoms usually don't appear until on a late stage of a patient life. The need for a rapid method of detection is highly needed in the world of oncology. This paper has focused on a non-invasive, cost effective and instant method of detection. The design of this detection device is based on analyzing some of the biomarkers that can be found in a human breath, known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This detection tool is comprised of face mask, microcontroller, TGS sensors and a display unit. Twenty-four subjects were selected from different categories (male/female and smokers/non-smoker). Twelve of them were normal while others were patients with lung cancer. There is a high relation between the high concentration of these VOCs and the presence of lung cancer in any human body.
This study has proved that biomarkers can detect the presence of lung cancer, and that the higher the concentration of the VOCs the higher the probability of lung cancer presence.