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Electronic Nose Technology for the Tracking of Treatment Response in Patients with Stage I-IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial studies the ability of a new technology called breathprinting, or electronic nose (E-Nose), to track response to standard treatment in patients with stage I-IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The E-nose technology is a system of chemical sensors that act like a human nose to detect different chemicals in gases. The E-nose technology involves collecting a breath sample that is blown out (exhaled) into a pipe-like device (called the pneumopipe device). The pneumopipe device captures the breath in a cartridge so a laboratory can test the breath for certain chemicals that are found in people with NSCLC. E-Nose may be able to measure how patients respond to NSCLC treatments without the need for invasive procedures (like biopsy).