NEW TREATMENT FOR RONE CANCER IN DOGS.

PositionVETERINARY ONCOLOGY - Osteosarcoma

Osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, is not common in humans, representing around 800-900 new cases each year in the U.S. About half of those cases are reported in children and teens. However, for dogs, this disease is much more common, with over 10,000 cases occurring annually.

Scientists at the University of Missouri, Columbia, have helped advance a patient-specific, precision medicine treatment for bone cancer in dogs. By creating a vaccine from a dog's own tumor, scientists worked to target specific cancer cells and avoid Ihe toxic side effects of chemotherapy, while also opening the door for future human clinical trials.

'The dogs received no chemotherapy and received only immunotherapy after their surgery," says Jeffrey Bryan, professor of oncology and director of Comparative Oncology Radiobiology and Epigenetics Laboratory. "Ifs the first time that dogs with osteosarcoma have experienced prolonged survival without receiving chemotherapy, which is really exciting."

Overall, the dogs receiving this therapy had more than 400 days of...

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