Ovarian Cancer's Specific Scent Detected By Dogs
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
New research explored whether ovarian cancer has a scent different from other cancers and whether working dogs could be taught to distinguish it in its different stages. Ovarian cancer has a high mortality rate, primarily due to late diagnosis. Researchers found that early-stage and low grade ovarian cancers emit the same scent as advanced tumors.