Feasibility of integrating canine olfaction with chemical and microbial profiling of urine to detect lethal prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the developed world. A more sensitive and specific detection strategy for lethal prostate cancer beyond serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) population screening is urgently needed. Diagnosis by canine olfaction, using dogs train...

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Main Authors: Claire Guest, Rob Harris, Karen S Sfanos, Eva Shrestha, Alan W Partin, Bruce Trock, Leslie Mangold, Rebecca Bader, Adam Kozak, Scott Mclean, Jonathan Simons, Howard Soule, Thomas Johnson, Wen-Yee Lee, Qin Gao, Sophie Aziz, Patritsia Maria Stathatou, Stephen Thaler, Simmie Foster, Andreas Mershin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245530