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Radio 4,1 min

‘Dogs can detect the odour of cancer’

Saturday Live

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Dr Claire Guest tells Saturday Live about the pioneering research into a new discovery that dogs’ sensitive noses can sniff out the smell of cancer cells. She herself was treated for breast cancer, a diagnosis which she sought after specific changes in behaviour towards her by her own dog.

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