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By Karen Kaplan / The Bulletin
February 2, 2011
LOS ANGELES — The doctor will see you now — and she has four legs and a tail.
Japanese researchers have trained an 8-year-old Labrador retriever to diagnose colorectal cancer by smelling a patient’s breath and/or stool.
The dog, which previously worked in water rescue, had an overall accuracy of....