NewsHealth & MedicineDogs team up with AI to sniff out cancerThe test, made by SpotitEarly, can detect 4 types of cancer This very good dog is part of a new screening test that relies on canine noses and artificial intelligence to sniff out the odor signature of cancer on peoples breath.SpotitEarlyBy Meghan RosenDecember 23, 2024 at 10:30 amThe dogs names are Mars, Moon and Pluto, and you might say their cancer-sniffing skills are out of this world.An experimental screening method that paired the dogs with artificial intelligence was able to detect the odor of cancer carried on patients breaths. The canine-AI duo was both highly accurate and highly sensitive, successfully spotting four types of cancer in 94 percent of cases, scientists report November 15 in Scientific Reports.Whats more, the screening worked just as well detecting early stage cancers as it did later stage cancers, says Assaf Rabinowicz, chief technology officer at SpotitEarly, the Israel-based company that developed the method. Thats crucial because early detection can substantially contribute to increasing cancer survival rates, he says.