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TwitterA keen sense of smell dogs do not be doubted. That is why some dogs have trained ability to detect various diseases, one of which is a Marine, a dog trained to detect colon cancer.
Japanese scientists have discovered that dogs can distinguish people with colorectal cancers. A dog types labrador retriever named Marine were trained to sniff out colon cancer with amazing accuracy and as accurate as high-tech diagnostic tools.
9 year old female dog was able to identify people with bowel cancer after being given the breath and feces samples of colon cancer patients.
The findings are published in the British Medical Journal shows that the chemical compounds associated with certain cancers, circulating in the body, opening up opportunities for the development of tests for various types of cancer that can be applied even in the early stages of disease.
However, the researchers said is impractical and expensive to employ animals can live and train him to screen patients. Instead, sensors will be developed 'electronic nose' that can sniff out certain chemicals produced by cancer cells and circulate in the bloodstream.
Marine trained at St. Sugar Cancer Sniffing Dog Training Centre in Chiba, Japan. Since 2003, Marine trained as rescue dogs to rescue people drowning by dragging it to the beach.
But in 2005, his training was changed to cancer detection. For four years he learned to distinguish the smell of a dozen different types of cancers, including breast, stomach, prostate cancer, bladder and skin.
In a recent study of colon cancer, Marine completed the 74 tests, each consisting whiff 5 samples of breath or feces, one sample of cancer patients.
"He might react with unique smell cancer. If we can identify the ingredients that cause the smell, then this could be used for early detection of cancer," said Hideto Sonoda from Kyushu University, as reported by the Independent, Tuesday (01/02/2011).
Japanese scientists have discovered that dogs can distinguish people with colorectal cancers. A dog types labrador retriever named Marine were trained to sniff out colon cancer with amazing accuracy and as accurate as high-tech diagnostic tools.
9 year old female dog was able to identify people with bowel cancer after being given the breath and feces samples of colon cancer patients.
The findings are published in the British Medical Journal shows that the chemical compounds associated with certain cancers, circulating in the body, opening up opportunities for the development of tests for various types of cancer that can be applied even in the early stages of disease.
However, the researchers said is impractical and expensive to employ animals can live and train him to screen patients. Instead, sensors will be developed 'electronic nose' that can sniff out certain chemicals produced by cancer cells and circulate in the bloodstream.
Marine trained at St. Sugar Cancer Sniffing Dog Training Centre in Chiba, Japan. Since 2003, Marine trained as rescue dogs to rescue people drowning by dragging it to the beach.
But in 2005, his training was changed to cancer detection. For four years he learned to distinguish the smell of a dozen different types of cancers, including breast, stomach, prostate cancer, bladder and skin.
In a recent study of colon cancer, Marine completed the 74 tests, each consisting whiff 5 samples of breath or feces, one sample of cancer patients.
"He might react with unique smell cancer. If we can identify the ingredients that cause the smell, then this could be used for early detection of cancer," said Hideto Sonoda from Kyushu University, as reported by the Independent, Tuesday (01/02/2011).
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