Open Access<p>Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and chronic pancreatitis may be diagnosed by exhaled-breath profiles: a multicenter pilot study</p>
Author(s) -
HI Uslu,
AR Dölle,
Hendrik van Dullemen,
Hüseyin Aktaş,
J. J. Kolkman,
NG Venneman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical and experimental gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-7023
DOI - 10.2147/ceg.s189102
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreatitis , electronic nose , adenocarcinoma , gastroenterology , pancreatic cancer , pancreatitis, chronic , pathology , cancer , neuroscience , biology
The diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and chronic pancreatitis often rely on expensive and invasive diagnostic approaches, which are not always discriminative since patients with chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic adenocarcinoma may present with similar symptoms. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in expired breath, could be used as a non-invasive diagnostic biological marker for detection of pancreatic pathology. Detection and discrimination of pancreatic pathology with an electronic nose has not yet been reported.