Dr Lesley Walker, the charity's head of cancer information, said: 'These interesting initial results show promise for the development of a breath test to detect head-and-neck cancers which are often diagnosed at an advanced stage.
癌症信息主任Lesley Walker教授称：“这相对于以前经常在后期才诊断出头颈癌，些有趣的初步结果对呼气试验的发展有成功的希望。”
'But it's important to be clear that this is a small study, at a very early stage, so many more years of research with patients will be needed to see if a breath test could be used in the clinic.'
“但需要明确的是这只是一个小的研究，处于初步阶段，所以还需许多年来检验呼气试验能否应用于临床。”
Each year about 8,700 people are diagnosed with head-and-neck cancer in the UK.
每年英国约8700人被诊断为头颈癌。
The disease includes a range of tumour types occurring in the tissues and organs in the head and neck, for example salivary glands and mucus membranes.
该疾病包括各种长在头部和颈部组织和器官各种类型的肿瘤，如长在唾液腺和粘液上。