India, March 14 -- A Pennsylvania woman believes her dog played a crucial role in detecting her life-threatening breast cancer before she even realised something was wrong, reported the New York Post.

Breanna Bortner, now 31, first noticed her cockapoo, Mochi, acting strangely in June 2023. The normally affectionate dog became fixated on her right breast-sniffing, pawing, and pressing into the area with unusual persistence. Things became even more concerning when her sister-in-law's cockapoo, Gunner, exhibited the same behaviour.

Bortner had been feeling increasingly fatigued over the past year but had no reason to suspect anything serious. However, while scratching a mosquito bite near her breast, she discovered a lump. Aware of storie...