Canine olfactory detection of cancer versus laboratory testing: Myth or opportunity

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 435-439

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cancer; dogs; olfactory detection; screening

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; BLOOD ODOR; BREAST CANCER; BREATH ANALYSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SNIFFER DOG; SWEAT; URINE ODOR;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DOGS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; SMELL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84860333217     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2011.672     Document Type: Review

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