Canine scent detection in the diagnosis of lung cancer: Revisiting a puzzling phenomenon

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 669-676

  Ehmann, R ^a   Boedeker, E ^c   Friedrich, U ^d   Sagert, J ^d   Dippon, J ^b   Friedel, G ^c   Walles, T ^c  

^a Ambulante Pneumologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c Schillerhoehe Hospital   (Germany)

^d TeamCanin ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Breath analysis; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Diagnosis; Lung cancer; Sniffer dogs

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BREATH TESTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOGS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84860323726     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00051711     Document Type: Article

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