Cancer Breakthroughs
New Technologies and Genetics Research Advance Canine Cancer Efforts
Morris Animal Foundation launched its Canine Cancer Campaign in 2007 to fund research to prevent, treat and, ultimately, cure this disease in dogs. Through the campaign, we’re currently funding more than 35 canine cancer studies. Studies completed in 2011 yielded a number of promising results, particularly in the areas of treatment and genetics.
Our funding helped scientists
- Identify advantages of administering chemotherapy in frequent, low-level doses in dogs
- Discover genetic information that could lead to a prognostic lymphoma test
- Evaluate the usefulness of advanced imaging techniques to determine early treatment response noninvasively
- Identify inherited deficiencies in the ability of Golden Retrievers with lymphoma to repair DNA
New developments like these are taking place all the time, and each one brings us one step closer to better preventions, treatments and, one day, a cure.
Search the Morris Animal Foundation Studies section to learn about additional canine cancer successes.
