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Cancer Commentary - Caring About Cancer

July 29th, 2007

Cancer Biomarkers-Sniffing Dogs

According to scientists at the Pine Street Foundation in San Anselmo, California, dogs can better detect lung and breast cancers.
The dogs – Labradors and Portuguese water dogs – have been trained to identify chemical markers such as alkanes and benzene derivatives in the exhaled breath of cancer patients.
The researchers, who hope to repeat their findings […]

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