能夠嗅出癌症的"電子鼻"
An 'electronic nose' has been developed that can sniff out cancer in patients' breath.
科學家發明了一種“電子鼻”，可以從患者的呼吸中嗅出癌症。
The device can distinguish between people with the disease and healthy individuals.
該設備可以區分有疾病的人和健康人羣。
Scientists believe the breath test could be especially useful for patients with head-and-neck cancers which are often diagnosed late.
科學家認爲這個呼吸試驗尤其對頭頸部確診爲癌症晚期的患者有用。
The Israeli researchers collected breath samples from 82 people who either had head-and-neck cancer, lung cancer, or were cancer-free.
以色列研究人員收集82名患頭頸癌，肺癌或沒有癌症的人的呼吸樣本。
Lead researcher Professor Hossam Haick, from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, said: 'There's an urgent need to develop new ways to detect head-and-neck cancer because diagnosis of the disease is complicated, requiring specialist examinations.
以色列理工學院技術學院一名主要研究人員Hossam Haick教授稱：“急需發明戰勝頭頸癌的新方法，因爲診斷出這種病是非常複雜的，需要專業的檢查技術。”
'We've shown that a simple 'breath test' can spot the patterns of molecules which are found in head-and-neck patients in a small, early study.
“我們發現，在一個小的早期研究中簡單的‘呼氣試驗’能發現頭頸部患者的分子結構。”
'We now need to test these results in larger studies to find if this could lead to a potential screening method for the disease.'
“如今我們需要通過更多的研究檢驗這些結果，找出這種方法能否成爲治療疾病一種可能篩選方法。“
The Nano Artificial NOSE device was even able to detect differences between head-and-neck cancer and lung cancer patients.
這個納米人造鼻子設備甚至可以探測出患有頭頸癌和肺癌病人。The study is published in the Journal of Cancer Research, which is owned by Cancer Research UK.
該項研究發表在英國癌症研究中心的《癌症研究雜誌》上。
Dr Lesley Walker, the charity's head of cancer information, said: 'These interesting initial results show promise for the development of a breath test to detect head-and-neck cancers which are often diagnosed at an advanced stage.
癌症信息主任Lesley Walker教授稱：“這相對於以前經常在後期才診斷出頭頸癌，些有趣的初步結果對呼氣試驗的發展有成功的希望。”
'But it's important to be clear that this is a small study, at a very early stage, so many more years of research with patients will be needed to see if a breath test could be used in the clinic.'
“但需要明確的是這只是一個小的研究，處於初步階段，所以還需許多年來檢驗呼氣試驗能否應用於臨牀。”
Each year about 8,700 people are diagnosed with head-and-neck cancer in the UK.
每年英國約8700人被診斷爲頭頸癌。
The disease includes a range of tumour types occurring in the tissues and organs in the head and neck, for example salivary glands and mucus membranes.
該疾病包括各種長在頭部和頸部組織和器官各種類型的腫瘤，如長在唾液腺和粘液上。
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