Differentiating head and neck carcinoma from lung carcinoma with an electronic nose: a proof of concept study

Autor: Dirk S. Brandsma, Nicoline Leunis, Bernd Kremer, Kenneth W. Kross, Anne-Marie C. Dingemans, Michel R. A. van Hooren
Přispěvatelé: MUMC+: MA AIOS Keel Neus Oorheelkunde (9), Promovendi ODB, KNO, Pulmonologie, MUMC+: MA Med Staf Spec Longziekten (9), RS: GROW - R2 - Basic and Translational Cancer Biology
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 273(11), 3897-3903. Springer
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
ISSN: 0937-4477
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-016-4038-x
Popis: Disease specific patterns of volatile organic compounds can be detected in exhaled breath using an electronic nose (e-nose). The aim of this study is to explore whether an e-nose can differentiate between head and neck, and lung carcinoma. Eighty-seven patients received an e-nose measurement before any oncologic treatment. We used PARAFAC/TUCKER3 tensor decomposition for data reduction and an artificial neural network for analysis to obtain binary results; either diagnosed as head and neck or lung carcinoma. Via a leave-one-out method, cross-validation of the data was performed. In differentiating head and neck from lung carcinoma patients, a diagnostic accuracy of 93 % was found. After cross-validation of the data, this resulted in a diagnostic accuracy of 85 %. There seems to be a potential for e-nose as a diagnostic tool in HNC and lung carcinoma. With a fair diagnostic accuracy, an e-nose can differentiate between the two tumor entities. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00405-016-4038-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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