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Article: Dogs, cats and cancer.
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- The Saturday Evening Post
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- March 1, 1987
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DOGS, CATS, AND CANCER
One of my favorite patientsever, a 175-pound Great Dane named Buck, was susceptible to cancer, an unfortunate trait common to his breed. In three years I removed five malignant skin cancers from Buck's head and neck. Buck's owner feared he would lose his companion to this disease, but Buck lived to be 12 before succumbing to congestive heart failure.
A diagnosis of cancer alwaysfrightens pet owners, and with some cause: in a national survey, pet owners reported that cancer was the leading cause of death in their dogs and cats. But cancer is not invariably fatal, as Buck's case shows. Given early detection and proper treatment, ...