A young woman’s dog was the first to detect her deadly breast cancer. In June 2023, Breanna Bortner, then 30, noticed her ...

Skin 'cancer' is common in dogs and cats, and can range from benign masses which are slow growing and can be removed to cure the condition, to more malignant, invasive masses which require surgery ...

Given that melanoma is a cancer presenting with lesions on the skin, it would be logical for dogs to be able to detect a lesion." Although she noted: "While the idea of using dogs to detect cancer ...