Esper

California
Seen June 30th, 2018
Posted June 30th, 2018
Medical science changes so quickly. Who knows what we'll have a decade from now?

It seems a bit funny and unbelievable, but then a lot of things are at first. It would be nice to have some independent cancer detection research that could back this up. Then we could have a better idea of whether people with cancer really do have detectable smells or something like that. If there is a smell or chemical or other link to cancer then it makes sense that it could be detected somehow and that a dog would have a better chance than a human.

Livewire

Male
Sunnyshore City
Seen December 3rd, 2022
Posted August 2nd, 2019
14,091 posts
13.8 Years
I've heard of this sort of thing before, and what's scary, is that it actually works. The dogs can literally smell it. Not to mention, there was a story about a cat Named Oscar who lived in a hospital, nicknamed the 'Angel of Death" because of it's ability to sense dying patients.
Seen January 1st, 2023
Posted April 20th, 2020
4,423 posts
15.4 Years
I've heard of this sort of thing before, and what's scary, is that it actually works. The dogs can literally smell it. Not to mention, there was a story about a cat Named Oscar who lived in a hospital, nicknamed the 'Angel of Death" because of it's ability to sense dying patients.
Hahaha and there was a House M.D. episode based on it.

But anyway.

Do you think that this kind of cancer detection might be used in the future?
Yeah, who knows? If it turns out to be an easy, reliable way of diagnosing patients, why not? Modern Medicine is a baffling, incredible field. I wouldn't be surprised to see things like this become an everyday feature for patients and doctors alike.
'It's been a prevalent notion. Fallen sparks. Fragments of vessels broken at the Creation. And someday, somehow, before the end, a gathering back to home. A messenger from the Kingdom, arriving at the last moment. But I tell you there is no such message, no such home -- only the millions of last moments . . . nothing more. Our history is an aggregate of last moments.'