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Max Sniffs Out Cancer in Owner
by: Rover 411
Ten-year-old mixed breed collie Max of Rugby, England is being credited for helping discover breast cancer in his owner, Maureen Burns.
Max started acting strangely, sniffing Burns’ breath and rubbing against her right breast.
Mrs. Burns discovered a lump but it did not show up on a hospital mammogram. She convinced doctors to do a biopsy and found it to be a malignant tumor.
Mrs. Burns underwent surgery to remove the lump, followed by radiation treatment, and her prognosis is excellent. She is convinced that she is alive today because of her dog’s keen sense of smell.
“It was his peculiar reaction that alerted me to the fact that something was wrong. At first I thought he was just getting old, he was not so playful and his eyes were sad. He’d sniff my breath in an odd way — I even asked my husband Roger if I had halitosis.”
– Maureen Burns
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