The dogs trained to spot cancer- BBC News

[@lorrainegood5101]

In 2008 I was awakened by my Rottweiler pawing at my chest and whining. She looked so distressed that I went to find a mirror and check myself over but didn't see anything unusual. However the next day when I checked my breasts I found a lump.The surgeon was amazed that I'd found it at all as it was so 'subtle' she had a hard time finding it. I had surgery to remove the tumour and subsequent treatment and am now in excellent health. If it hadn't been for my dog alerting me so strongly that something was amiss I might not have found it until it was too late. I had to have her put to sleep while I was undergoing chemo because the discs in her neck ruptured and paralyzed her. We were so close, that was as bad as getting the cancer diagnosis. Everyday I miss her and thank her for saving me while she could.

[@beautilfuldoveonearth5447]

Omg she died? She saved your life!

[@Weirdkauz]

My deepest condolences. I hope you have a dog again by now?

[@melissafarrugia9531]

I'm really sorry for Your loss, and believe we will be reunited with our loved ones and pet's when everyone resting in peace, is reawakened to life everlasting

[@whatthebleep2810]

So many unwanted dogs in this country. I wish we can train them all with this purpose. ❤️🐶

[@aizhanmensiitova3127]

Those doggy eyes ❤️😍☺️😊🤗 looking at you with such devotion

[@maryshaffer8474]

Dogs who haven't been trained but sniff out owners cancers must know the cancer is malignant and harming their owner.

[@nutyyyy]

mary shaffer Yes pretty much any dog can detect the subtle smells they just don’t always know that the owner is interested or unaware.

[@ft7397]

Yeah this is an example. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5a8h5p9YpienpY

[@michellemichelle5202]

Yes, they say animals can even sense bad people. It’s insane but they are more in tune with their instincts and they’re sense of smell is SO much greater than we can even imagine.

[@AndreasMershin]

Indeed it's a bit of a mystery, possible that it is related to dogs being one of only a handful of known species to be hosts to transmissible cancers

[@Weirdkauz]

Agree to TheGreatScott, and want to add that I believe this is why only a few owners get warned by their dogs. You have to habe a special relationship, very close, of course, and such that your dog feels comfortable in telling you their mind. Note that the doctor whose own dog warned her had a whole bunch, but only one showed concern. I wonder if it's usually older dogs who do that.

[@admin670]

YOU GUYS WANTS TO KNOW THE REASONS? Because it will reduce the profit for medical professionals. This world has been concerned more about money than human lives.

[@selfiopath1982]

Amazing pets. A walking vessel for guardian angels

[@imma5269]

What an incredible partner dogs are to humans. Mind blowing stuff

[@fosterfuchs]

I knew about dogs being able to do this. I didn't think I could be even more amazed. I stand corrected. I didn't know that the dogs could detect the problem from another floor in the house, or from the sidelines of a football pitch. As to the reluctance to accept dogs to do this job. Just tell them that there is a mobile lab available. You don't have to add that the lab is a Labrador Retriever.

[@hopebullard460]

The dogs name is Magic!! I love that!! What a perfect name for the dog!!😊

[@phildobson8705]

Brilliant! Dogs are amazing animals and truly are a person's devoted best friend. We should couple this with immune system modifier treatments that destroy cancer without surgery. *A person has to be absolutely determined to be prescribed it yet it works perfectly*

[@dertythegrower]

under rated

[@memoona6397]

INCREDIBLY AMAZING!!!

[@tetra3ne56scur3]

2:47 is it a Golden Retriever? We had a dog named Alex in grandpa Bills house and Bill had skin cancer and Alex stayed by his side all the time. That’s when we didn’t know, but Alex knew before we did.

[@michellemichelle5202]

Animals are amazing and a dogs sense of smell is truly impressive. I had a pain in my breast and my sisters dog completely buried her nose into my chest and kept sniffing that one very specific spot. Freaked me out because I know what a dogs senses are capable of detecting.

[@Belikeabutterfly-v7z]

wowww i read articles on this absolutely true and amazing

[@TheRamboBeast]

Remarkable. Medical dogs need billions of pounds of funding yesterday.

[@lingdd4470]

Watch it in 2020. Jeremy Hunt’s attitude actually explained how he reacted in this pandemic.

[@imma5269]

Funnily enough, there is actually some research out there now about WuFlu detection dogs. In the study I read, their accuracy ranged from 76% to even 100% depending on the dog. Pretty wild

[@zombieholocaust6089]

IDS would have dogs doing disability benefit assessments if he could

[@bluejr7831]

doctors kno the best 😐

[@melissafarrugia9531]

Something a Dog can smell, yet the immune system fails to recognise it? Got to make one wonder.

[@gravemind6536]

Dogs have a sense of smell thats 150x stronger than that of a human there is almost no limit to what some breeds can pick up with their nose.

[@skystygian]

Our immune systems recognize cancer all the time and destroy it very effectively, but because we have so many cells that are always duplicating it's unfortunately the case that sometimes one cell goes rogue and the immune system just misses it. This can be due to many factors, like the presence and amount of carcinogens like free radicals, a faulty immune system, etc. I'm not a medical professional, but I'm someone with a biology degree who's been chronically ill my whole life and fascinated by health related things.

[@lizslilcorneroftheinstitution]

Each of these examples underscores the precise reason I think more of most animals than most people!!

[@nathanthompson8652]

We reliably use dogs all the time for police matters, why wouldn't we use them more commonly for this? It would take an obscene amount of both time and money to develop something that could replicate a dog's sense. I have recently started working in cancer research and will be keeping tabs on this

[@dertythegrower]

Great topic... 😳

[@cindyrobertson3798]

I would like to donate a pup to a USA program . Can someone help me find a training program. Google is useless.

[@jueruuu]

Are they planning this to make this happen worldwide?

[@unknownunknown7393]

i went here after watching A Dog's Journey :)

[@jueruuu]

Yeah after reading that novel, that inspired me to titled my research🤣

[@sicks6six]

The bbc and Ian Duncan Smith together on the same page.

[@asiapersonalable]

amazing

[@DG-mv6zw]

My dog started licking my side of the bed before i had my diagnosis for testicular cancer. Sje stopped this behaviour after i had my tumour removed and had chemo leaving me in remission. This was less than 2 years ago. This week she started licking my side of the bed again fprvno obvious reason. I find this new behaviour slightly unnerving but theres no wayvim going to share this with my oncologist for fear of looking stupid!

[@OrbWeaver6]

I think you should, there's no such a thing as looking stupid when it comes to health. It's better to be safe than sorry

[@PowerHungeryGamer]

So it can tell if you watch the smosh movie???

[@deetgeluid]

One day dogs will rule the world.

[@chrismetzger198]

What is wrong with some of you people? This is a report about how people, who have a serious illness, can be helped and there are people, who have nothing better to do, then spew filth against BBC, feminists and liberals? How about, instead of being a lousy excuse of a human being, you go out and try something useful like Dr. Guest and the other people in this piece? It may even make your life more satisfying as a really nice side effect.

[@joshua-xf8ic]

Chris Metzger they are feminist

[@zakariahlafreniere1332]

heard of a cat scan? introducing dog scan!

[@walugigamer521]

Good bois

[@badjaeaux]

the elephant 🐘 can hear your tweet before you type it

[@Drails]

Whose here from SJI

[@timothyuvwevwevwevwe1158]

Me and subscribe to ur mad random channel online

[@myqueen3835]

awesome! animals are better than humans 😀😀😀

[@ReginaldJackson100]

Wouldn't it identify bbc?

[@dongmingim]

Dogs like clones or plastique surgeries.

[@variniaspartacus5860]

why train a dog when you could be training people to detect cancer? waste of money!