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Scientists train dogs to help detect breast cancer

Tuesday, 08 November 2016 11:35 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 08 November 2016 11:35 PM ]

Scientists at Curie Cancer Institute are training 3 dogs hoping that they can pick up on breast cancer tumors in the early future.

French scientists are using dogs and their acute sense of smell to sniff out cancer.

Scientists at Curie Cancer Institute are training 3 dogs hoping that they can pick up on breast cancer tumors in the early future. The dogs have to complete 15 sessions of exercise each day. At each session the animals have to choose between two sets of wipes one of which has come in contact with the sweat of a woman carrying breast cancer.

The idea for an odor-based diagnosis started when researchers at the institute were trying to find a solution for the unpleasant distinctive odor in scars caused by cancerous tumors.

The team will analyze the final results after the training sessions are completed over the course of 6 months. If the findings are promising, the oncologists will then undertake clinical research on a larger scale. The non-invasive inexpensive method has the potential to revolutionize cancer-related research.

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