Q: I recently adopted Missy, my mother’s middle-aged, mixed-breed dog. She was never spayed, and she has two small masses in her mammary glands. Are these masses likely to be cancer? If not, should I ...

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For dogs with mammary tumors, deciding a course of treatment can depend on a variety of factors, some of which may seem to contradict one another. With a new, practical system developed by ...

Dogs that are spayed at a young age have a reduced risk of developing mammary tumors, the canine equivalent of breast cancer. Early spaying reduces levels of estrogen production, leading many ...

Tumors develop when cells in the body grow uncontrollably. Finding a tumor on your dog can be very frightening, but they are not always detrimental — some are benign, while others are malignant.

A glowing dye could help surgeons leave better “clean margins” during cancer excisions, allowing them to make sure that they haven’t left any cancerous tissue behind that could potentially propagate ...

A phantom pregnancy, or false pregnancy, can occur in any dog, whether she was mated, at any age.

Most recently, I was called by our vet services team to come to the surgery area and to bring my camera. A female dog, named Apple Blossom by the on-site veterinarian, was brought to the shelter by ...

Luke Robinson walked 2,300 miles to find out why his beloved dog died of cancer. Nov. 5, 2012— -- Luke Robinson never liked dogs much until an ex-girlfriend offered him a puppy while he was ...

Mammary tumors in dogs are the equivalent of breast cancers in people, and, as in the human disease, the canine tumors can manifest in a variety of ways. Some are diagnosed early, others late, and ...