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Dogs Can Smell Lung Cancer

Scientists hope to build 'electronic nose'

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 6, 2012 8:20 AM CST

(Newser) – Dogs are lung cancer detection experts, a study finds. They "have no problem identifying tumor patients," says a researcher in Austria, and that could lead to earlier diagnoses. Dogs who smelled 120 breath samples were able to sniff out cancer 70% of the...   Read full story »

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