Differentiating benign and malignant solitary pulmonary nodules through exhaled breath analysis
Our findings suggest that breath analysis could improve nodule management by refining patient selection for CT screening and reducing unnecessary invasive procedures or follow-up scans. Further validation through larger multicentre studies is needed to confirm these results.
Authors
- Jo Raskin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8029-4093)
- Annelies Janssens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1464-163X)
- Elly Marcq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3173-0500)
- Eline Schillebeeckx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9980-9103)
- Paul Van Schil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1962-8821)
- Kevin Lamote (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9500-7461)
- Kathleen Zwijsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6197-3987)
- Ellen Heirwegh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7645-0102)
- Annemiek Snoeckx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2101-2783)
- Reinier Wener
- Jan P. van Meerbeeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7872-8622)
Institutions
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- Janssen (Belgium) (BE)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
- Zero to Three (US)
- VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research (BE)
- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ERJ Open Research
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00827-2025
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52