In the study, the dogs successfully identified 71 samples with lung cancer out of a possible 100. They also correctly detected 372 samples that did not have lung cancer out of a possible 400.

Learn how trained dogs use their powerful noses to identify volatile organic compounds linked to several types of cancer.

A study linked ultra-processed foods to 32 harmful health effects including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 ...

Dog have at least 220 million olfactory receptors -- 25 times what we weak-nosed humans possess. They sniff out bombs, lost people, bed bugs and gas leaks. Now they've been trained to detect lung ...

Scientists tracked the food intake of participants over 12 years and noticed a connection in the cases of lung cancer ...

Dogs can be trained to sniff out lung cancer, says study By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 17, 2011 5:35 pm 1 min read ...

Take the quiz The dogs analyzed more than 400 urine samples, and one dog detected prostate cancer with 100 accuracy, while the second had 98.6 percent accuracy.

"And high risk comes from people who have families with risk of cancer … lung cancer specifically, have smoked a pack or two packs a day for 15 years to 30 years." The researchers are able to ...

Eating lots of ultra-processed food increases the risk of lung cancer by almost half, a study suggests. Researchers tracked ...

Since June of 2014, researchers have been working with the University of Calgary to see if dogs can sniff out chemical compounds exhaled by patients experiencing various stages of lung cancer.