Your dog has 300 million nose sensors. But can the dog detect cancer?
Can your dog sniff cancer?
Dogs have many science-based benefits. My dog Quincy provides companionship, making me feel less alone. We have evidence from small studies that a small research investigation from Australia indicates that dog ownership can reduce loneliness.
Did you know that owning a dog may help you to live longer? A comprehensive review of discovered dog owners had a lower risk of death. Improving blood pressure and stress levels may play roles.
Do dogs reduce stress? Check. Several studies indicate that dogs can help alleviate stress and anxiety. There are just a few of the many benefits of dog ownership or dog therapy. Today I want to look at a development in my discipline of cancer medicine. Let’s look at whether dogs can smell cancer.
You no doubt are aware of dogs’ remarkable sense of smell. We see trained dogs in airports, using their noses to sniff out explosives and narcotics. Today, we examine the evidence behind dogs’ abilities to smell and identify different types of cancer. Can your dog sniff cancer?
Humans have put dogs’ remarkable sense of smell to use by training them to sniff out explosives and narcotics. Their powerful noses can also detect viruses, bacteria, and cancer signs in a person’s body or bodily fluids. The dogs have an incredible ability to sense volatile organic compounds.
Potential targets for our canine friends include breath, urine, feces, skin, and sweat. Dogs can smell skin cancer, including the dangerous form known as malignant melanoma. In a case report, a 43-year-old female presented with a mole on her mid-back. While the mole had been present since childhood, it had grown over a few years before presentation.
The patient offered that her 2-year-old rescue dog frequently sniffed the lesion and would try to scratch and bite it. Because of this behavior by her agitated dog, the woman promptly presented to her skin doctor. Physical exam showed a brown patch with an ulcerated nodule at its edge.
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