Previous studies have shown that specially trained sniffer dogs are capable to discriminate breath samples of patients with lung cancer and healthy individuals. So far it is not known whether this differentiation is specific for lung cancer or just identifies any form of (solid) tumor. Therefore, the dog's ability to differentiate between lung cancer, breast cancer and ovarian cancer is tested.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
752
study participants exhale 5 times into a test tube; test tube is presented to sniffer dogs for analysis
Schillerhoehe Hospital
Gerlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Robert Bosch Hospital
Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Specificity for Lung Cancer
exhalation analysis by sniffer dogs is able to differentiate breath samples of patients with lung cancer from those of patients with other (tested) cancers
Time frame: breath samples will be tested within 40 days after gathering
Discriminability of breast and ovarian cancer
exhalation analysis by sniffer dogs is able to differentiate breath samples of patients with breast cancer from those of patients with other ovarian cancer
Time frame: breath samples will be tested within 40 days after gathering
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