Dog Cancer Answers

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By: Dog Podcast Network

If your dog has cancer, this podcast can help. Vetted advice from real veterinarians who answer your questions. Call our listener line to ask your question: 808-868-3200.

Palladia for Dogs | Dr. Megan Duffy
#241
03/18/2024

Is Palladia safe? Does it have a lot of side effects? Does giving my dog a cancer drug at home multiple times a week make my dog “toxic”? Can my dog with other health problems take this drug safely?

Palladia was approved for dogs with high-grade mast cell tumors in dogs over a decade ago. But since then, veterinary oncologists have started using it in many solid tumor types. They’ve also tweaked the doses to lessen the risk of side effects.

Veterinary oncologist Dr. Megan Duffy joins us for an in-depth look at this “kind of...


Grief Writing After a Dog Dies | Sheila Cooperman
#240
03/04/2024

When Sheila Cooperman’s husband said he wanted a dog, she said that was fine and good, but it would be HIS responsibility. Then she met Tucker, the Boykin Spaniel, and transformed into a full-fledged Dog Mom.

When Tucker died suddenly of lymphoma last year, Sheila, a teacher with decades of experience and a literacy expert, turned to writing to help herself cope. Her “Friday posts” on social media are turning into books.

Sheila’s message that “writing is for everyone; you don’t have to be a writer” is a refreshing one and much-needed for those who...


Dog Cancer Tip: Dog Euthanasia or Natural Death? | Molly Jacobson
#239
02/19/2024

If you’re trying to decide between dog euthanasia or a natural death, Molly Jacobson, editor-in-chief at DogCancer.com, has a dog cancer tip for you. Turning your thoughts around and understanding what death really is can help you help your dog at this most tender time. 

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Early Dog Cancer Detection with Urine-Sniffing Worms | Dr. Page Wages & Chan Namgong
#238
02/05/2024

A company in Raleigh, North Carolina, is using worms to sniff dog urine for cancer metabolites. It’s a simple, non-invasive, relatively inexpensive way to screen for cancer. Could this test catch cancer early enough to make a dent in the number of dogs who succumb to their #1 killer?

Six to ten million dogs are diagnosed with cancer every year in the U.S. alone, and veterinarians think half of those cases could be treated and cured if caught early. But our canine companions are naturally stoic, so we don’t often get it early enough. If earl...


Puppy with Bladder Mass: What Now? | Dr. Lauren Barrow
#237
01/22/2024

Patrick writes in about his Irish Setter puppy’s bladder cancer. Could it be something he did that caused such a young dog – in a line of relatively cancer-free dogs – to get cancer?

Dr. Lauren Barrow explains what could have caused his dog’s cancer and reassures him that it’s not his fault. Plus, what he can do next for his dog with transitional cell carcinoma.

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BIOCERA-VET Cementoplasty for Dog Bone Cancer | Aqui Villamonte Chevalier, DVM, PhD & Dr. Shaina Stewart
#236
01/08/2024

Osteosarcoma in dogs is bad news upon bad news. First, you hear your dog has cancer. Second, you hear that the best treatment is amputation. WHAT?? It’s depressing and scary as heck.

Well, there’s a brand-new treatment (to veterinary medicine) available: bone cement. Cementoplasty has been used to help stabilize human bones for decades … and now it’s being used in dogs with bone cancer.

Join us for a deep dive into the bare bones, elegant technique offered by TheraVet S.A., a company headquartered in Belgium. Their new compound, BIOCERA-VET, is ready for use...


Dog Cancer Tip: The One Word You Shouldn’t Dread | Molly Jacobson
#235
12/25/2023

Dog cancer mom Molly Jacobson has been helping thousands of people facing dog cancer since 2007, and she’s got a perspective on dog cancer that will help you every second of every minute you have left with your dog.

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Call +1 808-868-3200 to leave a question on our Listener Line for a future show!

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Podcast episode with more dog cancer tips on how to handle change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHWVGRjUjjc

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Dog Cancer Tips: 7 Tactics for Handling Change | Molly Jacobson
#234
12/11/2023

Dog cancer mom Molly Jacobson has been helping thousands of people facing dog cancer since 2007, and she’s here to share seven practical tips associated with handling change.

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Podcast episode on apoptosis, normal cell turnover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqaofR4XtBU&t=1132s

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Read Molly’s article about change and cancer: https://www.dogcancer.com/perspectives/st...


How to Get a Dog to Eat That Refuses To Do So | Dr. Susan Recker
#233
11/27/2023

How do you get a dog to eat that refuses to do so? Force doesn’t work. Neither does pleading. And panicking certainly doesn’t help … but we all tend to panic when our dogs won’t eat.

So, what do we do? Veterinarian, teacher, and veterinary nutrition expert Dr. Susan Recker joins us for an enlightening discussion about why dogs don’t eat, and what we can do to help them.

Whether the cause is nausea or pain, she has tips and advice about when to worry about not eating and not drinking, and when to ca...


Arguing About Dog Cancer | Jeannine Moga
#232
11/13/2023

Sometimes you only find out you and your partner have dramatically different perspectives after disaster strikes. It’s hard enough to cope with a dog cancer diagnosis on your own; when you also fight with your most important person, the trouble triples.

Social worker Jeannine Moga has spent fifteen years in veterinary hospitals helping animal lovers with difficult decisions of all kinds, from how to handle veterinary expenses to when to choose euthanasia.

Host Molly Jacobson is joined by special co-host (and her husband) James Jacobson. They discuss tough times and how to handle them wi...