Human ovarian carcinomas detected by specific odor

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 76-80

  Horvath, György ^a,b   Järverud, Gunvor Af Klinteberg ^b   Järverud, Sven ^b   Horváth, István ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Working Dog Club ^*

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Diagnose; Dog; Odor; Ovarian

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOG; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; DOGS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODORS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMELL;

EID: 44949093749     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735408319058     Document Type: Article

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