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Key considerations for the experimental training and evaluation of cancer odour detection dogs: lessons learnt from a double-blind, controlled trial of prostate cancer detection
Contributor(s):: Elliker, K. R., Sommerville, B. A., Broom, D. M., Neal, D. E., Armstrong, S., Williams, H. C.
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Olfactory detection of human bladder cancer by dogs: proof of principle study
| Contributor(s):: Willis, C. M., Church, S. M., Guest, C. M., Cook, W. A., McCarthy, N., Bransbury, A. J., Church, M. R., Church, J. C.
Objective To determine whether dogs can be trained to identify people with bladder cancer on the basis of urine odour more successfully than would be expected by chance alone. Design Experimental, “proof of principle” study in which six dogs were trained to discriminate...
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Olfactory detection of prostate cancer by dogs sniffing urine: a step forward in early diagnosis
| Contributor(s):: Cornu, J. N., Cancel-Tassin, G., Ondet, V., Girardet, C., Cussenot, O.
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Prostate cancer: eNose--man's new best friend?
| Contributor(s):: Phillips, R.
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Re: Jean-Nicolas Cornu,Geraldine Cancel-Tassin, Valerie Ondet, et Al. Olfactory detection of prostate cancer by dogs sniffing urine: a step forward in early diagnosis. Eur urol 2011; 59: 197-201
| Contributor(s):: Lippi, G.
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Sniffer dogs in the melanoma clinic?
| Contributor(s):: Williams, H., Pembroke, A.
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Thinking outside the box about screening for ovarian cancer: the nose knows!
| Contributor(s):: Morgan, R. J.
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Animal-Assisted Intervention for People with Cancer
| Contributor(s):: Felicia Trembath
Cancer is one of the most widespread diseases in the modern world, affecting millions of people per year. In the United States alone approximately 1.6 million people are diagnosed with cancer annually, and almost 50% of men and close to 33% of women will develop some form of cancer during their...
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An Alternative Approach for Investigating the Carcinogenicity of Indoor Air Pollution: Pets as Sentinels of Environmental Cancer Risk
| Contributor(s):: John A. Bukowski, Daniel Wartenberg
Traditionally, the cancer risks associated with radon, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and similar indoor residential exposures have been evaluated through either laboratory experiments in rodents or epidemiology studies in people. Laboratory studies have the advantage of being controlled...
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The power of automated behavioural homecage technologies in characterizing disease progression in laboratory mice: a review
| Contributor(s):: Richardson, C. A.
Behavioural changes that occur as animals become sick have been characterized in a number of species and include the less frequent occurrence of 'luxury behaviours' such as playing, grooming and socialization. 'Sickness behaviours' or behavioural changes following exposure to infectious agents,...
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Childhood Cancer
Cancer occurs at the cellular level, the “building blocks”
of the body [In !MedlinePlus.
Retrieved from )].
It is a mistake in the copying of cells. Cells will grow where they are not
needed and...
https://habricentral.org/wiki/ChildhoodCancer
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Assessment and treatment of nonpain conditions in life-limiting disease
| Contributor(s):: Villalobos, A. E.
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Can trained sniffer dogs detect cancer in humans?
| Contributor(s):: Jezierski, Tadeusz, Walczak, Marta, Gorecka, Aleksandra
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Canine scent detection in the diagnosis of lung cancer: revisiting a puzzling phenomenon
| Contributor(s):: Ehmann, R., Boedeker, E., Friedrich, U., Sagert, J., Dippon, J., Friedel, G., Walles, T.
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Canine scent detection of human cancers: a review of methods and accuracy
| Contributor(s):: Moser, E., McCulloch, M.
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Diagnostic accuracy of canine scent detection in early- and late-stage lung and breast cancers
| Contributor(s):: McCulloch, M., Jezierski, T., Broffman, M., Hubbard, A., Turner, K., Janecki, T.
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Does cancer patients' emotional sphere change after psychosocial interventions? The experience of 'tea-time' and 'pet-therapy.'
| Contributor(s):: Pacetti, P., Cantore, M., Mambrini, A., Tagliani, M., Orlandi, M.
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Human ovarian carcinomas detected by specific odor
| Contributor(s):: Horvath, G., Jarverud, G. A., Jarverud, S., Horvath, I.
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Impact of individual training parameters and manner of taking breath odor samples on the reliability of canines as cancer screeners
| Contributor(s):: Walczak, M., Jezierski, T., Gorecka-Bruzda, A., Sobczynska, M., Ensminger, J.
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Is olfactory detection of human cancer by dogs based on major histocompatibility complex-dependent odour components?--A possible cure and a precocious diagnosis of cancer
| Contributor(s):: Balseiro, S. C., Correia, H. R.
