Patent Document ID: 20130059758
Application ID: 13697554
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of diagnosing, monitoring, prognosing or staging cancer or identifying or grading a benign or malignant tumor in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a system comprising (i) at least one sensor comprising conductive nanoparticles capped with an organic coating, and (ii) a learning and pattern recognition analyzer wherein the learning and pattern recognition analyzer receives sensor signal outputs and compares them to stored data; (b) exposing the at least one sensor to a test sample selected from exhaled breath and at least one bodily fluid or secretion of the subject; (c) measuring a plurality of response induced parameters from the at least one sensor upon exposure to the test sample, wherein said response induced parameters generate a plurality of response patterns; and (d) using a learning and pattern recognition algorithm to analyze the response patterns by comparing them to stored data obtained from a control sample whereby significantly different response patterns of the test sample as compared the control sample is indicative of cancer or a malignant or benign tumor, as well as their stage or grade.