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Could dogs soon be used to detect prostate cancer?

  • Video report by ITV News Anglia's Sarah Cooper

It's a disease that is notoriously difficult to diagnose and kills more than a thousand men in our region every year.

Now, a major trial is underway in Milton Keynes to see if dogs can help detect prostate cancer.

The programme is part-funded by the NHS and run by the Medical Detection Dogs charity.