Study: Highly-trained beagles can detect lung cancer with 97% accuracy
A study conducted at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine showed that beagles can sniff out human lung cancer with almost perfect accuracy, according to reports.
were able to differentiate blood serum samples from patients with non-small lung cancer versus healthy samples with 97% accuracy, .
맥스카지노The dogs underwent an eight-week training program using the clicker/treat training method,맥스카지노 Dr. Thomas A. Quinn, a clinical professor at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, .
Non-small cell lung cancer is the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for about 85% of all lung cancer diagnoses, .
The dogs would sit if they sniffed cancer in a sample, .
Beagles specifically were chosen because of the breed맥스카지노s strong sense of smell, which is at least 10,000 times stronger than humans, YourErie.com reported.
Researchers at the school have also successfully been able to train dogs to detect cancer using saliva and breath with 맥스카지노equal accuracy,맥스카지노 Quinn said.
맥스카지노We맥스카지노re using the dogs to sort through the layers of scent until we identify the telltale biomarkers,맥스카지노 Quinn said in a press release. 맥스카지노There is still a great deal of work ahead, but we맥스카지노re making good progress.맥스카지노
Early detection in cancer, particularly in lung cancer, where it맥스카지노s the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, plays a crucial role in survival rates.
맥스카지노Early detection of cancer is one of the best ways to improve patient outcomes, and current methods of early detection rely on expensive imaging equipment, which can be an insurmountable obstacle for underserved and rural communities,맥스카지노 researchers wrote in the study, People reported. 맥스카지노Further investigation into the biochemical molecules detected by dogs could provide a foundation for the development of a highly sensitive, specific, and cost-effective method for early cancer detection.맥스카지노