Dogs are not only loving companions. They could also be our most reliable weapon against cancer.
In a Japan first, a small, agrarian community in Yamagata Prefecture will start using specially trained dogs this month to screen its residents for cancer.
If the pilot project in the town of Kaneyama, which has a population of 6,000, takes off, it could dramatically change the way cancers are screened in this country.
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