Cross detection for odor of metabolic waste between breast and colorectal cancer using canine olfaction.

ABSTRACT: Although several studies have been performed to detect cancer using canine olfaction, none have investigated whether canine olfaction trained to the specific odor of one cancer is able to detect odor related to other unfamiliar cancers. To resolve this issue, we employed breast and colorectal cancer in vitro, and investigated whether trained dogs to odor related to metabolic waste from breast cancer are able to detect it from colorectal cancer, and vice versa. The culture liquid samples used in the cultivation of cancerous cells (4T1 and CT26) were employed as an experimental group. Two different breeds of dogs were trained for the different cancer odor each other. The dogs were then tested using a double-blind method and cross-test to determine whether they could correctly detect the expe

SUBMITTER: Seo IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5811037 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature