National Canine Cancer Foundation 
Blessing of the Animals
Ever since the socks have come into the office my kids have had their eye on them and finally the day came that they could wear them. Their school was holding the annual Blessing of the Animals. The kids are always ...
OSU Tests New Canine Cancer Treatment
Doctors at the Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital (part of the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University) are testing a new treatment for mammary cancer in dogs, involving nanoparticles designed to cling to cancerous cells once ...
Dog becomes first to survive clinical trial for one of the most deadly pet cancers – Hemangiosarcoma
Josie, a terrier mix from Owings Mills, Md., was the first dog to survive a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins Hospital aimed at finding a treatment for hemangiosarcoma, one of the most deadly cancers for pets. Josie was diagnosed in December 2017 ...
ASU Biodesign Institute unveils cancer study on canines
A cancer vaccine for dogs may give Arizona State University’s reputation for innovation a new meaning. Open Philanthropy Project, an independent organization that identifies research opportunities and provides grants for them, presented the University with over $6.4 million to test a vaccine ...
Virus-like particle could lead to new cancer vaccine
Michigan State University scientists are engineering a virus-like particle, known as Qβ, that will generate anti-cancer immune responses in the body and potentially be used as a new vaccine for the treatment of cancer. The project, funded by a $2.4 ...
Hemangiosarcoma Research Update
It is worse than a swear word in our house. We have been hit with this cancer four times, both in the spleen and in the heart. It is one of the meanest cancers out there, I believe, and I ...
North Star Rottweiler Club Raises funds to fight canine cancer!
After a long rainy weekend here, I pulled up my chair to my computer with a cup of tea in my hand and a little Border Collie in the window ready to check the NCCF emails from the weekend. I ...
Promising Experimental Drug Treating Dogs With Cancer
When it comes to cancer research, dogs just might be the key to unlock vital clues needed to find a cure. Veterinarians in central Massachusetts are excited about some recent results and it’s also making for some extremely thankful pet ...
ASU awarded $6.4M grant to test preventive canine cancer vaccine for dogs
The Open Philanthropy Project awarded a multi-year grant of $6,421,402 to Stephen Albert Johnston at Arizona State University to support the largest interventional canine clinical trial ever conducted. The trial will assess the effectiveness of a unique vaccine in preventing ...
Eight years beating cancer Lilly Lemon making Lemonade Life
You might call Lilly a lemon. At least, her owners joke she is. “We were four days away from our first dog show when Lilly got sick,” said Barb Mason, owner of Lilly, a 9-year-old Great Pyrenees. “We started calling ...