Olfactory detection of human bladder cancer by dogs: Proof of principle study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7468, 2004, Pages 712-714

  Willis, Carolyn M ^a   Church, Susannah M ^a   Guest, Claire M ^b   Cook, W Andrew ^b   McCarthy, Noel ^c   Bransbury, Anthea J ^a   Church, Martin R T ^a   Church, John C T ^a  

^a AMERSHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Hearing Dogs for Deaf People   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SNIFFING; TRAINING; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINE; ANIMAL; BLADDER TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DOGS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMELL; TEACHING; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINE;

EID: 4744340118     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7468.712     Document Type: Article

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