The Sensitivity and Specificity of Sniff Dog as a Tool in Diagnosing the Suspected Tumor Patients

ConditionNeoplasia
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age1+
SponsorChang-Qing Gao

About this trial

Previous studies have demonstrated that sniff dogs can identify cancer patients from healthy subjects through sniffing exhaled breath air or blood or serum or urine or feces. It is hypothesized that sniff dogs may be used as a tool in identifying cancer patients in the high risk population or suspected patients. Trained dogs will sniff serum from participants who are suspected to suffer from tumor by their physicians and not yet but will be diagnosed by pathological examination.The results will be compared with the outcome of the pathological examination.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Healthy volunteers who have been examined by the currently used procedures and find to be without tumors.

Patients in the breast surgery, thoracic surgery, gynecological and neurosurgery departments with lesions with characteristics of tumors

Disqualifiers

Patients who have had pathological results

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Not listed

Trial groups

2,000 Participants
are grouped into 5 trial groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Chang-Qing Gao

Lead sponsor

Central South University

Sponsor institution