My pet spaniel saved my life by sniffing out my breast cancer

[closeupready]

A mother says her breast cancer was discovered... by her faithful pet spaniel.

Brenda Jones, 47, was feeling fit and well but said her loving dog called Mrs Murphy sensed something was wrong.

He behaved strangely for a week before pawing at Brenda's left breast causing her to jump up in pain.
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She went to her GP the next day and was diagnosed with a Grade Three tumour in her breast.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2042362/My-pet-spaniel-sniffed-breast-cancer.html

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. What can one say except dogs are truly amazing creatures? nt

[CTyankee]

2. My PCP told me that dogs have been 100% accurate in "diagnosing"

colon cancer. He said that colonoscopies may soon be a thing of the past. It'll be a stool sample to Rover and that's that! There have been studies and the dogs have been right every time. I hope they get that going before my next scheduled colonoscopy (2013)!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

3. Remarkable! Wonder if training them to do that would be easy or difficult nt

[CTyankee]

6. Uh, there are things I just don't care to know. That is one of them...

;-)

[closeupready]

8. LOL - yeah, I see your point.

:rofl:

[tridim]

4. But big machines and chemical lab tests are much more profitable.

Cancer sniffing dog screenings would cost about one Milk Bone.

[xchrom]

5. I love dogs. Nt

[demosincebirth]

7. I read some place that certain dogs can sniff out colon cancer. Not a joke. nt.