Abstract:
:Experimental studies using trained dogs to identify breath odour markers of human cancer, published in the recent decade, have been analyzed and compared with the authors' own results. Particular published studies differ as regards the experimental setup, kind of odour samples (breath, urine, tumor tissue, serum), sample collection methods, dogs' characteristics and dog training methods as well as in results presented in terms of detection sensitivity and specificity. Generally it can be stated that trained dogs are able to distinguish breath odour samples typical for patients with lung cancer and other cancers from samples typical for healthy humans at a 'better than by chance' rate. Dogs' indications were positively correlated with content of 2-pentanone and ethyl acetate (r = 0.97 and r = 0.85 respectively) and negatively correlated with 1-propanol and propanal in breath samples (r = -0.98 and -0.87 respectively). The canine method has some advantages as a potential cancer-screening method, due to its non-invasiveness, simplicity of odour sampling and storage, ease of testing and interpretation of results and relatively low costs. Disadvantages and limitations of this method are related to the fact that it is still not known exactly to which chemical compounds and/or their combinations the dogs react. So far it could not be confirmed that dogs are able to sniff out early preclinical cancer stages with approximately the same accuracy as already diagnosed cases. The detection accuracy may vary due to failure in conditioning of dogs, decreasing motivation or confounding factors. The dogs' performance should be systematically checked in rigorous double-blind procedures. Recommendations for methodological standardization have been proposed.
journal_name
J Breath Resjournal_title
Journal of breath researchauthors
Jezierski T,Walczak M,Ligor T,Rudnicka J,Buszewski Bdoi
10.1088/1752-7155/9/2/027001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-05-06 00:00:00pages
027001issue
2eissn
1752-7155issn
1752-7163journal_volume
9pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:BACKGROUND:Asthma control does not yet meet the goals of asthma management guidelines. Non-invasive monitoring of airway inflammation may help to improve the level of asthma control in children. OBJECTIVES:(1) To identify a set of exhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that is most predictive for an asthma exacerba...
journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7163/aa5a8b
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/5/3/037105
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/10/4/046008
更新日期:2016-10-12 00:00:00
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doi:10.1088/1752-7163/abd14c
更新日期:2021-01-12 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7163/aabdaf
更新日期:2018-05-14 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/6/2/024001
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1088/1752-7163/ab716e
更新日期:2020-03-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7163/aba816
更新日期:2020-10-24 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/4/4/047103
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
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doi:10.1088/1752-7163/abba6c
更新日期:2020-10-31 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/2/3/037019
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/10/4/046012
更新日期:2016-11-21 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/3/2/027005
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/9/1/016002
更新日期:2015-01-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/2/4/046003
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/10/1/016005
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/10/2/026012
更新日期:2016-06-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7163/aa61c5
更新日期:2017-09-27 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/10/1/016012
更新日期:2016-02-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7163/aa9eea
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7163/ab8865
更新日期:2020-07-21 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/4/2/026002
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/10/4/046009
更新日期:2016-10-18 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/9/4/047109
更新日期:2015-12-14 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7163/aac5a5
更新日期:2018-06-08 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1088/1752-7163/aa9ee3
更新日期:2018-02-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of breath research
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1088/1752-7163/aa5cc2
更新日期:2017-02-17 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1088/1752-7155/8/2/026003
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00