Study: Dogs Have a 93 Percent Accuracy Rate In Detecting Prostate and Bladder Cancer

It appears that we would all be better off if we just let our dogs sniff our rear ends. In Buckinghamshire, researchers have found that dogs have a 93% reliability rate when detecting bladder and prostate cancer. The research by by Dr Claire Guest and her colleagues has been published in Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre in Milan.

The research involved two German shepherds sniffing the urine of 900 men – 360 with prostate cancer and 540 without. Not only did the dogs have a near perfect record, they were virtually identical. Dog one got it right in 98.7% of cases, while for dog two this was 97.6%.

Medical Detection Dogs trains specialist dogs to detect the odor of human disease.

Another example of why dogs are man’s best friend. It appears that the cats tested simply shrugged and looked for a new owner.