Dogs Trained to Detect Cancer

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In this article the writer examines the use of dogs in the early detection of cancer. The writer reports on some examples of dogs who have detected cancer in their owners. Further the writer discusses current research involved in training dogs to detect cancers in people.

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" Scientific tests in the United Kingdom and the United States have shown that dogs can detect cancers because of their intensely acute sense of smell. Dogs have proved extremely accurate at detecting cancerous tissues from among those mixed with normal tissues. The BBC news reported that researchers at Cambridge University in England had applied for funding to test the theory that dogs could be used to provide an early warning system for cancer, because of their highly developed sense of smell."

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