LISTEN: Claire Best, Chief Exec for Medical Detection Dogs - 16/11/17

Nov 16, 2017, 12:01 AM

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Specially trained dogs could soon be used to help detect cancer in patients in Kent. Work by the charity Medical Detection Dogs has been on display at Leeds Castle, showing how dogs can spot changes in our bodies that can point to illnesses. The NHS are working with the charity on early trials into prostate cancer - and kidney and bladder cancers are also being looked at. Claire Best is the charity's Chief Exec - she explained what happens.