How do medical dogs smell cancer?

[annie]

Dogs that can sniff cancer have been approved for use in a trial by the NHS.

Medical Detection Dogs, a charity which works with NHS trusts and universities, has had approval from Milton Keynes University Hospital for more trials.

Its first study showed specially trained dogs can detect prostate cancer in urine in 93% of cases.

At the moment the Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test, which has a high "false positive" rate, is used to find out if men need further tests.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/3 ... ell-cancer

[JaneJ]

I find this fascinating. We know animals have great sense of smell and intuition. Be so good if this became a way of detection in doctors too

[maureenho]

I am pleased to see it has been taken seriously for trials.

[Misspears]

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[irenee]

Thank you Anne so interesting will save a lot of lives. Irenee