Dogs can sniff out lung cancer, pilot study shows
- Published: 5 Dec 2012 at 22.47
- Online news: World
Dogs are surprisingly adept at sniffing out lung cancer, results from a pilot project in Austria published on Wednesday suggested, potentially offering hope for earlier, life-saving diagnosis.
A Siberian Husky rests during a sleddog contest in Donovaly, Slovakia. Dogs are surprisingly adept at sniffing out lung cancer, results from a pilot project in Austria have suggested, potentially offering hope for earlier, life-saving diagnosis.
"Dogs have no problem identifying tumour patients," said Peter Errhalt, head of the pulmonology department at Krems hospital in northern Austria, one of the authors of the study.
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