Now, bladder cancer can be detected by the smell of urine - Scientists in the UK have created a tool that can 'smell a rat' bladder cancer cells in human urine samples. This tool uses a sensor that can detect gaseous chemical substance produced by cancer cells.
Initial experiments indicate that this test provides accurate results. Approximately nine out of 10 trials prove successful detect bladder cancer in urine. However, the authors argue that further research is needed to make it more perfect and tools available in the community.
So far, researchers have been attracted by the smell to detect cancer as it proves there is a dog who can recognize the smell of cancer. Tool created by researchers from Liverpool University and the University of West England is able to detect the smell of cancer cells.
"This tool can read existing chemical gas in the urine when the sample is heated," said Professor Norman Ratcliffe, as reported by the BBC.
For the study, scientists used 98 urine samples from 24 men who had bladder cancer and 74 men with bladder problems but do not have cancer.
Initial experiments indicate that this test provides accurate results. Approximately nine out of 10 trials prove successful detect bladder cancer in urine. However, the authors argue that further research is needed to make it more perfect and tools available in the community.
So far, researchers have been attracted by the smell to detect cancer as it proves there is a dog who can recognize the smell of cancer. Tool created by researchers from Liverpool University and the University of West England is able to detect the smell of cancer cells.
"This tool can read existing chemical gas in the urine when the sample is heated," said Professor Norman Ratcliffe, as reported by the BBC.
For the study, scientists used 98 urine samples from 24 men who had bladder cancer and 74 men with bladder problems but do not have cancer.
