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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Breath Volatile Organic Compounds in Surveillance of Gastric Cancer Patients following Radical Surgical Management.

Roberts Škapars, Evita Gašenko, Yoav Y Broza, Armands Sīviņš, Inese Poļaka, Inga Bogdanova, Andrejs Pčolkins, Viktors Veliks, Valdis Folkmanis, Anna Lesčinska and 4 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Advances in nanomedicine and delivery systems for gastric cancer research.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Roberts ŠkaparsInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.
Evita GašenkoInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.
Yoav Y BrozaDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Russel Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
Armands SīviņšInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.
Inese PoļakaInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-9892-7765
Inga BogdanovaInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.
Andrejs PčolkinsInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.
Viktors VeliksInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-4380-9534
Valdis FolkmanisInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.
Anna LesčinskaInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0001-7561-4259
Inta Liepniece-KareleInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.
Hossam HaickDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Russel Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
Ingrīda Rumba-RozenfeldeInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.
Mārcis LejaInstitute of Clinical and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, LV-1586 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-0319-8855

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As of today, there is a lack of a perfect non-invasive test for the surveillance of patients for potential relapse following curative treatment. Breath volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been demonstrated to be an accurate diagnostic tool for gastric cancer (GC) detection; here, we aimed to prove the yield of the markers in surveillance, i.e., following curative surgical management. Patients were sampled in regular intervals before and within 3 years following curative surgery for GC; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and nanosensor technologies were used for the VOC assessment. GC-MS measurements revealed a single VOC (14b-Pregnane) that significantly decreased at 12 months, and three VOCs (Isochiapin B, Dotriacontane, Threitol, 2-O-octyl-) that decreased at 18 months following surgery. The nanomaterial-based sensors S9 and S14 revealed changes in the breath VOC content 9 months after surgery. Our study results confirm the cancer origin of the particular VOCs, as well as suggest the value of breath VOC testing for cancer patient surveillance, either during the treatment phase or thereafter, for potential relapse.

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cancer follow-upgas chromatography-mass spectrometrygastric cancernanosensorsvolatile organic compounds

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PMID37238155
PMCPMC10216977

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