A simple test that analyzes the chemical signature of a patient’s exhaled breath could help diagnose stomach cancer, according to new research by scientists from Israel and China reported online in the British Journal of Cancer this week. The researchers hope the breath test will offer an easier screening tool than endoscopy, where a specially trained medical professional looks at the inside of the stomach via a tube inserted down the patient’s gullet, and sometimes also retrieves a biopsy sample of the stomach lining…
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