ReviewInteractive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery2012
Sniffer dogs as part of a bimodal bionic research approach to develop a lung cancer screening.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Prospective Clinical Study to Determine the Predictive Value of Sniffer Dogs to Identify Lung Cancer in the Exhalation of Patients With and Without Pulmonary Disease
Distinction Between Lung Cancer and Gynecological Cancers by Exhalation Analysis and Canine Scent Detection
Breath Test to Predict Breast Cancer and Outcome of Mammography
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- eNose technologies in the detection of cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The oncologist · 2026Pooled it
- Non-Invasive Detection of Tumors by Volatile Organic Compounds in Urine.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Detection and Validation of Organic Metabolites in Urine for Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Diagnosis.Metabolites · 2024Article
- Physical properties of odorants affect behavior of trained detection dogs during close-quarters searches.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Canine Scent Detection in Lung Cancer Screening.Cureus · 2023Review
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- Web-Based Skin Cancer Assessment and Classification Using Machine Learning and Mobile Computerized Adaptive Testing in a Rasch Model: Development Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2022Article
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- Sniffer dogs as a screening/diagnostic tool for COVID-19: a proof of concept study.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Can the detection dog alert on COVID-19 positive persons by sniffing axillary sweat samples? A proof-of-concept study.PloS one · 2020Article
- Urinary metabolites for urological cancer detection: a review on the application of volatile organic compounds for cancers.American journal of clinical and experimental urology · 2019Review
- Sniffer mice discriminate urine odours of patients with bladder cancer: A proof-of-principle study for non-invasive diagnosis of cancer-induced odours.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Development of an Exhaled Breath Monitoring System with Semiconductive Gas Sensors, a Gas Condenser Unit, and Gas Chromatograph Columns.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Article
- Blinded Validation of Breath Biomarkers of Lung Cancer, a Potential Ancillary to Chest CT Screening.PloS one · 2015Article
- More than apples and oranges--detecting cancer with a fruit fly's antenna.Scientific reports · 2014Article
- Canine olfactory detection of malignant melanoma.BMJ case reports · 2013Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Lung cancer (LC) continues to represent a heavy burden for health care systems worldwide. Epidemiological studies predict that its role will increase in the near future. While patient prognosis is strongly associated with tumour stage and early detection of disease, no screening test exists so far. It has been suggested that electronic sensor devices, commonly referred to as 'electronic noses', may be applicable to identify cancer-specific volatile organic compounds in the breath of patients and therefore may represent promising screening technologies. However, three decades of research did not bring forward a clinically applicable device. Here, we propose a new research approach by involving specially trained sniffer dogs into research strategies by making use of their ability to identify LC in the breath sample of patients.
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