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Key considerations for the experimental training and evaluation of cancer odour detection dogs: lessons learnt from a double-blind, controlled trial of prostate cancer detection

BACKGROUND: Cancer detection using sniffer dogs is a potential technology for clinical use and research. Our study sought to determine whether dogs could be trained to discriminate the odour of urine from men with prostate cancer from controls, using rigorous testing procedures and well-defined samp...

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Autores principales: Elliker, Kevin R, Sommerville, Barbara A, Broom, Donald M, Neal, David E, Armstrong, Sarah, Williams, Hywel C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24575737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2490-14-22