What do the results suggest about the ability of dogs to detect bladder cancer?

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What do the results suggest about the ability of dogs to detect bladder cancer?

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Cancer is a disease condition in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue. This cell form tumors and leads to patients' death.

Cancer of the bladder is known as bladder cancer. This cancer affects older adults. This cancer can be diagnosed through a urinalysis test

 

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UK researchers have claimed that dogs can able to detect bladder cancer in human pee. Dogs' super-sensitive noses might sniff out the scent of cancer stems from patients.

Cancer cells release molecules into the urine that have a characteristic smell which smells by dogs and detect bladder cancer. Their coach trained them to discriminate between the urine of cancer patients and those with other bladder conditions.

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