The scent of cancer.

Ann Intern Med · 2010

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Abstract

If forced to choose, I would give up the sense of smell first. It is both the hardest sense to take for granted and the easiest to imagine the possibility of living without. Yet, being able to smell adds a vividness and fragrant richness to life-and if we pay careful attention to our noses in the clinic, they can tell us tales worth knowing.