Sniffer dogs against cancer
Since 2016, the KDOG team is working to take advantage of the stunning sense of smell of dogs to detect breast cancer. Dogs are currently trained by dog experts to recognize cancer’s odor from a simple compress. The goal of this research is to detect cancer at its earliest stage. This method is absolutely contactless between the animal and the patient. During the study, dogs’ success rate in cancer detection was about 100%.
Uriel Chantraine / Institut Curie
The research project
KDOG is a medical innovation research program sustained by French Institut Curie (Paris). It purchases to elaborate a simple, non-invasive and cost-effective breast cancer screening method, which would be based on dogs’
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The KDOG project gathers healthcare professionals (nurses, surgeons, oncologists, anesthetists…) from the Institut Curie, as well as researchers in chemistry and biology; and finally, ethologists, veterinaries and dog handlers. Helped by several enthusiastic volunteers, these professionals collaborate to improve breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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