Dogs trained to detect cancer

[WA_Vol]

From Harpers Weekly

Number of dogs that a California clinic trained to diagnose cancer by sniffing patients’ breath: 5

[Nicholas Broffman, Pine Street Foundation (San Anselmo, Calif.)]

Percentage of lung- and breast-cancer cases that they accurately detect, respectively: 99, 88

[Nicholas Broffman, Pine Street Foundation (San Anselmo, Calif.)]

Percentage of breast-cancer cases that are detectable by mammogram: 85

[Carol Lee, Yale School of Medicine (New Haven, Conn.)]

 

[milohimself]

Dogs done figured out how to give an MRI scan! That's crazy.