Woman's foster dog has a part-time job learning to sniff out cancer

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Woman's foster dog has a part-time job learning to sniff out cancer
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Anna Sharova is the foster mom of a 2-year-old German Shepherd named Ivey who, like any other dog, loves to play, go on walks and lounge around the house. The rest of the time, though, Ivey is on the job at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. When she&

Anna Sharova is the foster mom of a 2-year-old German Shepherd named Ivey who, like any other dog, loves to play, go on walks and lounge around the house.

"My dream is the dogs confirm that the electronic nose is working and we get that out into hospitals so that thousands of women can be screened," Dr. Cindy Otto, the Working Dog Center's executive director, told"Good Morning America." Otto said that while it's possible for a pet to sense certain cancers in their owner, a machine is more reliable. That's why they are working to perfect the electronic nose.A dog's sense of smell has been estimated to be 10,000 to 100,000 times more sensitive than humans, according to ABC News. Dr. Jennifer Ashton, who explained that dogs are able to detect newly discovered biomarkers of cancer in blood and urine.

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