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Study Shows Dogs Can Sniff Out Lung Cancer

Posted by Soulskill on from the still-confused-by-pretending-to-throw-tennis-balls dept.

cylonlover writes "Last year, researchers developed a cancer-detecting electronic nose inspired by dogs' ability to sniff out different types of ovarian cancer. Now a new study has found that sniffer dogs' abilities extend to reliably detecting lung cancer. The researchers say the results of the study (abstract) confirm that there is a stable marker for lung cancer, which offers the possibility that a 'breath test' for the early detection of lung cancer could be developed."

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  1. At Steere House in Providence... by bmo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ....Oscar the Cat is still sniffing out dying people.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/02/us-cat-death-idUSTRE6115QB20100202

    Sniffing out cancer in the breath of someone who has lung cancer does not surprise me.

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    BMO