Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Breath testing for stomach cancer

In 2012 my mother-in-law passed away (too young) from stomach cancer. The challenge with stomach cancer is that typically you don't know you've got it until it's already at an advanced stage.

So here's potentially good news: a simple breath test appears to be able to detect stomach cancer much earlier in the progression of the disease.

Here's the full story from the BBC: Stomach cancer 'spotted by breath test'  

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