# Cancer and Dogs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-and-dogs/151278>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 27, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-and-dogs/151278 "2003-01-27T17:26:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-and-dogs/151278/1 "2003-01-27T17:26:32Z")

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Okay, I’m home today, sick. In place of work, I chose to watch “Sightings”, the show of massive credibility and serious inquiry :rolleyes: .

In any event they had a piece on Dogs detecting cancer. While I doubt that it’s entirely accurate, I have heard of dogs being a sort of early “radar” in terms of heart attacks and other ailments. I’m wondering, what’s the straight dope on their supposed “abilities”?

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-and-dogs/151278/2 "2003-01-27T17:44:00Z")

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Earlier threads on this subject:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=94994](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=94994)  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=121474](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=121474)

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**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-and-dogs/151278/3 "2003-01-27T21:15:47Z")

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Thanks!