Dogs Can Smell Out Cancer
Check out these findings from a recent research . " Dogs can sniff out bowel cancer in breath and stool samples, with a very high degree of accuracy -- even in the early stages of the disease -- reveals research published online in the journal Gut ".
I know what you are thinking. Sure, like my dog has a special talent. So far, the only talent he has shown is humping my leg once in a while and slobbering on the furniture. Oh, you skeptics. It appears that your dog has not just been sniffing other dogs' butts, he has been preparing for his role in scientific research.
The truth is dogs are pretty damn good at sniffing .
"The dogs successfully identified which samples were cancerous, and which were not, in 33 out of 36 breath tests and in 37 out of 38 stool tests, with the highest detection rates among those samples taken from people with early stage disease."
Why is that good news ? Well,, to be delicate about it, I would rather have a dog sniff my breath than have strange instruments stuck up my ...."
Here is more information from the report, which you have to love.
"This equates to 95% accuracy, overall, for the breath test and 98% accuracy for the stool test, compared with conventional colonoscopy -- a procedure involving a tube with a camera on the end inserted through the back passage."
But why can dogs sniff out cancer? `These are "dumb animals" who get excited over a walk and who get easily confused by a door knob. The research noted,
"This indicates that there are specific discernible odors given off by cancer cells which circulate around the body, say the authors. And it is backed up by other research and anecdotal evidence indicating that dogs can sniff out bladder, skin, lung, breast and ovarian cancers, they add."
Well all I can say, is put a lab coat on that dog, sign him up at the local cancer clinic and have him bring home a pay check. It's about time he quit wagging his tail and did some real work, to pay for my mortgage and vacations and ....
And by the way, Mr. Dog, if you are so damn smart, we are going to teach you about door knobs
BMJ-British Medical Journal (2011, January 31). Dogs can accurately sniff out early stage bowel cancer. ScienceDaily. Retrieved February 1, 2011, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2011/01/110131194319.htm
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Post a CommentSo dog might still be man's best friend, but if we start signing him up for this new duty (yes, pun intended), he might not be ours anymore.
Interesting, cheers
This brings to mind a news report I read a few months ago. A man passed out drunk (very drunk) and woke up to his wife's screams. Apparently, his dog ate his toe. Rushed to the ER and whatnot.. came to find out that he had diabetes (which he didn't know) and an infection of toxic blood had started on his toe (that the dog ate). So this says that dogs aren't just able to detect cancer, they apparently are able to operate as well. So why are we still keeping these doctors around?
I have heard this and I hope dogs get FDA approval or whatever before my next colonoscopy!
wow, guess I'm not that surprised tho', dogs can discern smells I'd never even dream of smelling!
Amazing, isn't it?!
Dogs are well-known experts of rear end smells!
On Unsolved Mysteries, yes, I watched it - they had a story of a golden retriever sniffing out skin cancer. I thought that was plausible because it was on the skin. But bowel cancer, that is whole other story. Do dogs have to be smart? I was thinking of volunteering mine as long as they don't test intelligence.