Veterinarians at Washington State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital say a rare surgery helped give a dog battling bone cancer a new ‘leash’ on life.

Bone cancer Osteosarcomas are a common malignant bone cancer of larger breed dogs, for example greyhounds, German Shepherds and Rottweilers. Sadly, they are very painful bone tumours and often ...

Doyle said the amputation is more palliative than curative, but because bone cancer is painful ... as it would for any dog owner. It especially hurts knowing her Greyhound used to greet her ...

“This dog survived for more than two years after two treatments,” adds Muragaki. “In human terms, that’s an extra 10 years of survival from terminal bone cancer.” Another three dogs with ...