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25.01.2022 Common Cancers in Dogs and Cats Cancer is common. One in three people, dogs and cats will develop a cancer over their lifetime. Some are curable, some are able to be held in remission for periods of time, and some are manageable. Knowing the most common ones that can affect your pet will help with early detection, prompt referral to an oncologist and the best possible outcome. Lymphoma comes in many forms (there are over 30 different types). It occurs in every few hundred dog...s and cats OF ANY AGE. Dogs typically develop enlarged lymph nodes the most obvious of these are at the back of the jaw. Cats can have this form, but it is equally common in the stomach and intestine, causing vomiting. The disease commonly kills within a few months without treatment, but most dogs and cats that receive help for lymphoma enter remission and have completely normal quality of life. How long remission lasts for depends on the type of lymphoma, the type of treatment, and luck. Surgery is usually not helpful. Squamous cell carcinoma comes in 2 main forms and is usually in middle aged pets. The first is due to too much sunlight on pale skin. Typically on cat’s noses and dog’s bellies, it’ll look like a scratch at first, but won’t heal. Treated early (surgery, freezing or injections), this form is curable. The second type is most often a head and neck cancer. This form is aggressive and requires aggressive treatment. The best results come from surgery, radiation and medical treatment often as a combination. Look for a red wound (that doesn’t heal quickly) or mound anywhere in the mouth. Mast cell tumours are the most common skin cancers in dogs, and also occur in cats, at any age. They can look and feel like just about anything most often they’ll be a hairless raised circle, or a softer lump under the skin. They can be itchy and open into wounds in some cases. These are often curable and can be diagnosed with a very simple fine needle aspirate (hypodermic needle sucking out cancer cells and placed on a slide). For most, sedation is not necessary to perform this test. Now you’ve read about the most common cancers in pets, it’d be great if you set aside 5 minutes, once every month or 2 to give each of your pets a quick check over. Look in the mouth, feel for any lumps under the skin, and even check their bum. If something doesn’t look right, take them to your vet and if a cancer is suspected, consider asking for referral to a specialist oncologist. Often, the earlier the diagnosis is made, the greater range of options you’ll have to help. Dr Ken Wyatt BSc BVMS FANZCVS

23.01.2022 Symptoms of cancer At the risk of losing your interest straight up, cancer can cause any symptom. Anything. Anywhere in the body. ...Continue reading

22.01.2022 Had a great day at the CanineCancer.org.au event last weekend in Bedford. Stalls, heaps of dogs and I even got to judge a fancy dress parade! Thanks to everyone for helping to get the message out and for the opportunity to speak to everyone there.

21.01.2022 Great advice in this video if your cat doesn't like travelling to the vet. Well worth a look!

20.01.2022 Just got back from the European Society for Veterinary Oncology annual conference. Amazing content and amazing venue (Vienna). There is so much great work being done around the world at the moment to advance our understanding of cancer. Presentations from the major research groups focussed on bladder cancer, mast cell tumours, melanoma and lymphoma. I wouldn't normally photograph a lecture theatre ceiling, but this wasn't a normal lecture theatre. Ken Wyatt

18.01.2022 Finally, we have some new equipment on the way to fight cutaneous lymphoma. It has been a long time in the pipeline but we are very much looking forward to being able to help the poor dogs who fail first line therapy. Even though it requires frequent visits it is simple and painless and drug free. Should arrive within the next fortnight!

12.01.2022 It is with sadness I an writing this update. Frodo who was my inspiration for the canine cancer website, my inspiration for the fighter he was passed away this... morning and the Perth Vet Specialist Emergency Care at 9.20am this morning, He was poisoned by a plant by the name of vincas. He bravely fought for two days on all sorts of fluids and every possible drug/treatment was given to him the best chance. Fluid went to his lungs and I had no choice but to let him go. There was no chance once this had happend. It has been such a shock to us all as he kept kicking back all that was thrown at him. For so many reasons he was a hero to me. When we first met he was a petrified shelter dog who was one of the worse cases of abuse seen at the shelter he was at. It took six weeks of me sitting day in day out talking to myself without looking at him for him to trust me. Once he did the road to the abuse repair was on. He excelled in leaps and bounds. Everyone said he should be put down he would never be any good. I had none of it and together we proved them wrong. My proudest moment was went he did a charity walk and he faced a crowd of 5000 people heading towards us in the opposite direction. Those I was with said how are you going to get Frodo through that. I wasnt sure if he could do it but he trusted me and he marched over the bridge with hundreds of people coming in the oppose direction. Those I were with were stunned. I had only been working with him a couple of months at that stage. He went on to raise thousands of dollars for his rescue buddies sitting shaking a tin at the shows and events all around Perth. Then On October 3 2009 he was diagnosed with histiocytic sarcoma. One of the worst cancers one can get. I later found out his chances were probably 30 percent. He was cancer free until his passing. During his treatments he never missed a beat. It was business as usual. Fundraising, teaching the pups how to play as he knew the rules of play so well. He was also our mascot for our cancer promos. An event planned for June which he was to attend here in Perth will go on as scheduled in his honor. I hope all of Perth will turn out in honour of Frodo and the cancer message he and I were doing together. I will continue the awareness fight so that more of his mates can have the cancer success he had. In memory of my precious boy who is now at rest in a special place on behalf of Frodo I ask you all help me to get the cancer message out there. Anyone who has a dog needs to know the information we have on this website. We need to save more dogs from this horrible disease. Dont let Frodos passing from something unrelated to cancer stop us. If everyone knows the website address if they ever face the situation they need information they know where to go. Lastly I would like the thank the staff at Perth Vet Specialist for their efforts to save Frodo. They did everything possible and their kindness to both Frodo and I will never be forgotten. RIP Frodo I loved you with all my heart and you will never be forgotten

11.01.2022 Phototherapy. Localised radiation therapy for lymphoma of the skin. We have been waiting some time to be able to offer this! It has been available for people for some time, and it is now immediately available at Perth Veterinary Oncology for dogs. Thanks to research done last year in Japan, we now have the technical data necessary to apply phototherapy for dogs. Quick, painless (sometimes a little itchy), safe and effective!

08.01.2022 Cancer Prevention It’s far better to avoid cancer than it to have to treat it. Pets are just as likely to get cancer as we are, so what can do to improve the odds? 1.Choice of pet...Continue reading

08.01.2022 Top 10 things to know about cancer 1. Cancer is not one disease a. The word cancer (meaning ‘crab’ to describe how it reaches out into the tissues it grows in) describes an abnormal growth with the capacity to grow and kill. Cancers that grow (in different people or animals) from the same cell type in the body tend to behave in a similar way so they are grouped together. Within those groups research can show smaller groups again. This grouping allows us to much more accurat...Continue reading

07.01.2022 Thanks you to the Dogs NSW mag from February, p9. the caninecancer.org.au site has been up for a few months now promoting awareness about cancer options for our dogs and the Dogs NSW mag has very kindly given it a bit of a plug. The site has input from many of Australia's Veterinary Oncologists from all sub-fields (medical, surgical, radiation) and so is an excellent resource for dogs owners. Have a look!

07.01.2022 Tazzie Devils’ Cancer is the Target at Perth Veterinary Oncology Tasmanian Devils are currently at risk of being wiped out by a contagious cancer (1 of only 3 types in any mammalian species on the planet). Quarantine programs have been set in place but there is now evidence that mutations leading to slower onset of symptoms are interfering with their success. Dr Jessica Finlay of Perth Veterinary Oncology previously worked in Tasmania in general practice before embarking on her specialist training and experienced firsthand the horror of the disease. She has returned for a brief stint to volunteer her time to help with the research efforts there; the scientists involved have done some amazing work thus far and hopefully a solution can be found in time.

04.01.2022 Thoughts on Cancer Treatment For some reason treating cancer brings so much more emotional baggage into my consult room than other equally serious diseases. Take heart failure its routinely fatal, treatment can make huge differences to a patient’s quality of life, but eventually the disease will become resistant to the treatment and euthanasia will be necessary. In my experience most people don’t agonise over whether it is right to improve their life when we’re not curing ...Continue reading