INFO ON CANCER IN PETS

This page is dedicated to Fudge, your webmaster's one-in-a-lifetime dog and friend.  Fudge died of cancer on June 6, 1999, after have been diagnosed with the disease in November of 1998.

We, my husband and I, were, at the time, desperate for information on which to base treatment decisions.  There was little available. As a result, we made decisions that, in retrospect, greatly diminished the quality of her remaining life.  It is our hope that the information you find on this page will help you make better decisions than we did if your pet is diagnosed with this terrible disease.  We urge you to compare all treatment options available for your pet, including the option not to treat it.

Fudge was a very special dog and she is sorely are missed by her family and friends.

American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Specialty of Oncology: http://acvim.org/wwwfp/onco/acvimoncol.htm

WARNING SIGNS: http://dogs.about.com/pets/dogs/library/blpages/blcancersigns.htm

Cancer Registry: The cancer registry was initiated to investigate the influence of genes on the occurrence of cancer in dogs: http://www.caninecancer.net/

CANCER: Animal Brain Tumor Support Group 
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/depts_neuro/brainTumors.htm

CANCER: Caring for Pets With Cancer - Lecture Notes & Information for Veterinarians from Dr. Kevin Hahn, Houston, TX. http://www.gulfcoastvetspec.com/oncology/y2k/index.htm

Site with lots of additional resources:  http://www.thensome.com/petcancer.htm

CANCER: Causes and Preventions: http://www.oncolink.org/causeprevent/

CANCER: Cancer and Tumors - Mammary Tumors:  http://www.vetinfo.com/dmammary.html

CANCER: Nutritional Requirements of Dogs and Cats with Cancer:  http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/specialty/vet_onc/support/nutrition.html

CANCER: Lymphosarcoma http://www.oncolink.org/specialty/vet_onc/treat/dog_lsa.html

CANCER:  Cancer FAQ: http://www.oncolink.org/faq/

CANCER: http://oncolink.upenn.edu/specialty/vet_onc/

CANCER: Pet Dogs Get Cancers [2,4-D pesticide]:  http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r250.html

CANCER: Veterinary Information - Tumors and Cancer in Dogs: 
  http://www.vetinfo.com/dogcancer.html

CANCER: 
HP!* http://www.petluvshack.simplenet.com/PETCANCER.html

CANCER:  Resources on the Web:   
http://www.biochem.wustl.edu/~sydney/tcclinks.html#doghealth

CANCER: Resources on the Web: http://bmb.wustl.edu/~sydney/tcclinks.html#cancer

CANCER: Caring for Pets With Cancer:  http://www.gulfcoastvetspec.com/oncology/y2k/

CANCER: Variety of info from chemotherapy safety to types of cancers in various organ systems. http://www.vetcancersociety.org/ and Vaccine Associated Feline Sarcoma Task Force (VAFSTF) at http://www.avma.org/vafstf/default.htm  

ELIST FOR CANINE CANCER: CanineCancer-subscribe@egroups.com It is said that 50% of all dogs over 10 years of age die of cancer.  For dog lovers who want to learn as much as they can about this devastating illness and/or share their personal experiences, to discuss treatments (including traditional therapies such as surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, and alternative therapies, such as nutritional therapy and holistic medicine.  Subscribe at:http://www.egroups.com/group/CanineCancer

Cancer Info for People, but useful info anyway: http://www.cancereducation.com/

Dogs that can detect cancer: http://www.animalnews.com/coren/e_cancer.htm

Nutrition for dogs with cancer: http://www.b-naturals.com/sum98.htm

Nutritional care of pets with cancer by Gregory K. Ogilvie, DVM:
http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/cancercure/nutrition.htm  Additional articles by Ogilvie can be found at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/  Click on Preview/Index.  Scroll to "Add Term(s) to Query or View Index:"  In the drop down menu "All Fields," click on the arrow and change to 'Author"  In the box to the right of it, type, "Ogilvie GK."  Click "Preview" under Most Recent Queries. Then click on the number under results for a list of articles he has authored.  Click on one to get an abstract and the full citation.  To obtain the full article (a few are on the web), check your local library to see if one can be obtained their interlibrary loan program.  If there is a medical, veterinary or university library nearby, they carry many of these journals. PubMed is a great way to do Medline searches and find recently published medical information. It takes practice, but to really research a condition it can't be beat.  For dogs with cancer, you will want to search, for example, using dog or dogs or canine and lymphoma or lymphosarcoma.  A medical dictionary is online at: http://www.graylab.ac.uk/omd/index.html and a cancer glossary at: http://www.meds.com/glossary.html

Reading materials - human related, but you may find useful anyway:  
HP!* http://www.abacom.com/~topten/cancer/index.shtml

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