Learn how trained dogs smell subtle chemical signals linked to cancer in blood samples.

Q: I recently adopted Missy, my mother's middle-aged, mixed-breed dog. She was never spayed, and she has two small masses in her mammary glands. Are these masses likely to be cancer? If not, should I ...

Cancer kills many people and pets each year. Studies suggest that between one-third and one-half of dogs will develop cancer ...

Traditional cancer therapies, which include radiation, surgery to remove most of the tumor, and chemotherapy to kill any rapidly growing cells, are sometimes effective but are both expensive and may ...

Cancer is a leading cause of death in both humans and pets; studies suggest that between one-third and one-half of all dogs ...

Tumors develop when cells in the body grow uncontrollably. Finding a tumor on your dog can be very frightening, but they are not always detrimental — some are benign, while others are malignant.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval of Laverdia, a drug to treat dogs with lymphoma, a type ...

After a train carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio, in 2023, residents were exposed to carcinogens such as vinyl chloride, acrolein and dioxin. Since tumors are ...

The American Veterinary Medical Foundation says 4% of the estimated more than 160 million pets nationwide wide are insured.