Dog 'detects cancer' in US woman
A woman in the US was alerted by her dog that she had cancer.
Recent medical studies have suggested that canines can detect the illness in human beings because they can smell organic compounds that occurs in someone's breath if they have the disease.
Carol Witcher especially believes this to be true after her boxer Floyd Henry nudged and nipped her for four days until she went to the doctors.
She explained: "When he sniffed me, he kind of turned back and really pushed into my right breast, real hard. He started sniffing, sniffing, sniffing, sniffing."
A large amount of cancer was discovered in her breast shortly after and she was able to have chemotherapy and radiation treatment in time.
Dr Sheryl Gabram-Mendola, a breast surgical oncologist at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, said: "I absolutely believe that the dog saved Miss Witcher's life."
