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Feasibility Study on Training Dogs to Detect Lung Cancer: Findings of a Retrospective Evaluation

2026-02-06 oncology Title + abstract only
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Early detection is critical for lung cancer patients. One lung cancer detection method under study is using sniffer dogs. This study aimed to evaluate, retrospectively, the sensitivity and specificity of the Cancer Detection Dog Collective (CDDC(R)) method under training conditions. A team of five trained sniffer dogs analyzed breath samples from lung cancer patients and cancer-free volunteers, and a cancer sample is positive if at least three dogs indicate it. Dog handlers and experimental obse...

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