The Early Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Cancers: From Canine Sniffing to Volatile Gas Analysis
ADVANCED RESEARCH IN GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY JUNIPER PUBLISHERS Authored by Nishant Shukla Abstract The innovative approach in using dogs to detect early cancer had paved the way for the laboratory detection of these volatile substances smelled by the dogs to overcome the inconvenient and non-practical use of dogs in clinical practices, although it can be a desirable approach in areas with limited resources or limited access, like the poor developing countries. Keywords: Cancer; Volatile substances; Patients; Sweat; Medicine; Medical funds; Prostate cancer Abbrevations: Cancer; Volatile substances; Patients; Sweat; Medicine; Medical funds; Prostate cancer Introduction The sensitive canine sense of smell (termed sometimes as electronic noses) had been used to use dogs to detect the odor of volatile compounds characteristic of patients with cancer by smelling breath, urine, stool of sweat...