Scientists test 'game changing' breath test for lung cancer

A breath test that could detect lung cancer is to undergo clinical trials in British hospitals.

Scientists test 'game changing' breath test for lung cancer

A breath test that could detect lung cancer is to undergo clinical trials in British hospitals.

A spin-off firm from Cambridge University, Owlstone, has developed the Lung Cancer Indicator Detection (LuCID) device to detect chemical traces in breath which indicate a patient may have cancer.

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