Underlying features of prostate cancer—statistics, risk factors, and emerging methods for its diagnosis

CV Berenguer, F Pereira, JS Câmara, JAM Pereira - Current Oncology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most frequently occurring type of malignant tumor and a leading
cause of oncological death in men. PCa is very heterogeneous in terms of grade …

[HTML][HTML] Breath volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as biomarkers for the diagnosis of pathological conditions: A review

PC Moura, M Raposo, V Vassilenko - biomedical journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Normal and abnormal/pathological status of physiological processes in the human organism
can be characterized through Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) emitted in breath …

Fabrication and characterization of a MnO2/Ti3C2Tx based gas sensor for highly sensitive and selective detection of lung cancer marker hexanal

Y Yao, Z Li, Y Han, L **e, X Zhao, Z Zhu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
MXene, with unique gas-sensing performance and an ultra-high signal-to-noise ratio, is
widely used in low-temperature gas sensing. However, the sensitivity, selectivity, and …

Alternative matrices in forensic toxicology: A critical review

EG de Campos, BRB da Costa, FS Dos Santos… - Forensic …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The use of alternative matrices in toxicological analyses has been on the rise in
clinical and forensic settings. Specimens alternative to blood and urine are useful in …

Modular assembly of MXene frameworks for noninvasive disease diagnosis via urinary volatiles

X Ding, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, X Ding, H Zhang, T Cao… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urine are valuable biomarkers for noninvasive
disease diagnosis. Herein, a facile coordination-driven modular assembly strategy is used …

Volatolomics in healthcare and its advanced detection technology

W Hu, W Wu, Y Jian, H Haick, G Zhang, Y Qian… - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Various diseases increasingly challenge the health status and life quality of human beings.
Volatolome emitted from patients has been considered as a potential family of markers …

GC-MS techniques investigating potential biomarkers of dying in the last weeks with lung cancer

EA Chapman, J Baker, P Aggarwal… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Predicting when a patient with advanced cancer is dying is a challenge and currently no
prognostic test is available. We hypothesised that a dying process from cancer is associated …

Green phosphorene as a promising biosensor for detection of furan and p-Xylene as biomarkers of disease: a DFT study

A Aasi, E Aasi, S Mehdi Aghaei, B Panchapakesan - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, Green Phosphorene (GP) monolayers are studied as an electronic sensing
element for detecting prostate cancer biomarkers from human urine. The adsorption of furan …

Quantifying exhaled acetone and isoprene through solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

E Schulz, M Woollam, S Vashistha, M Agarwal - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Acetone, isoprene, and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled
breath have been shown to be biomarkers for many medical conditions. Researchers use …

[HTML][HTML] Non-invasive detection and staging of colorectal cancer using a portable electronic nose

H Tyagi, E Daulton, AS Bannaga, RP Arasaradnam… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Electronic noses (e-nose) offer potential for the detection of cancer in its early stages. The
ability to analyse samples in real time, at a low cost, applying easy–to-use and portable …