Cancer odor in the blood of ovarian cancer patients: A retrospective study of detection by dogs during treatment, 3 and 6 months afterward

BMC Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Horvath, György ^a   Andersson, Håkan ^b   Nemes, Szilárd ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer odor in the blood; Ovarian carcinoma; Survival; Trained dogs

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT SELECTION; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODORS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883063361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-396     Document Type: Article

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