Prostate cancer- Getting ever closer to diagnosis using an ‘electronic nose’

“Prototype of an electronic nose developed by the Politecnico di Milano in partnership with Humanitas, capable of diagnosing a tumor using a urine sample with 82% accuracy. Credit: Politecnico di Milano.  The diagnosis of prostate cancer using a non-invasive method and with greater accuracy than traditional diagnostic procedures is ever closer to becoming a reality. This has been confirmed by the data in a study published by the International Journal of Urology, which tested the efficacy of the first prototype of an electronic nose that can identify the presence of a tumor from a urine sample, by recognizing specific volatile molecules. Diag-Nose—the name of the project which created the first experimental prototype—is the result of close collaboration between Humanitas and the Politecnico di Milano. The preliminary results are encouraging: the test correctly determines the presence of a tumor in cancer patients in 85.2% of cases and correctly gives a negative result for healthy patients in 79.1% of cases.”      MORE

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