A Dog 'Sniffed' Out Cancer

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oi-Staff

By Staff

Thursday, February 26, 2009, 11:10

In a strange but true incident, a pet dog warned its owner about a breast cancer by sniffing her breath. The 64 year old Maureen Burn was unsuspecting about her malignant breast cancer, until her red collie cross Max managed to warn her.

Her fears came true after she went for a biopsy that diagonised her with a small lump on her right breast. "I do believe that Max has saved my life. It was his peculiar reaction that alerted me to the fact that something was wrong," the Mirror quoted her as saying.

"At first I thought he was just getting old, he was not so playful and his eyes were sad. He'd sniff my breath in an odd way I even asked my husband Roger if I had halitosis.

"Max would also nudge my right breast then back away. Then one day I felt this lump. Max looked at me so sadly and I instantly knew I had cancer.

"On the same day as the biopsy I told my nurse that I already knew, as my dear dog had told me.
"I thought she'd laugh but she said she'd heard it before," she added. As they say, 'dog is a man's best friend!'.

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