So very true. I would concur with you. I have posted on different topics on your blog and though I lost my dear friend to Osteo in june 2010, I continue to visit your blog as also other sites to keep myself abreast of the latest. My primary vet made a wrong diagnosis of Arthritis due to a limp and severe pain in my dog’s hind leg in end January this year. He did a blood test which showed some infection , administered Bayrocin injections and prescribed Meloxicam. The Meloxicam was continued after 5 shots of antibiotic injections as and when the pain reappeared. He was so confident of his diagnosis and continued the single line of treatment just not thinking about the possibility of osteosarcoma. I was unaware of the incidence of this disease being so high in dogs and uninformed about the symptoms since it is much rare in humans. Later on he was diagnosed with Cardiac Edema. Subsequently and three months later I went in for multiple opinions to discover the true cause. Needless to say it became late in the day to pursue amp and certain modes of treatment. None of the vets had heard of alternative therapies like arte and had to be educated about them. To cut a long story short the vet who should have known didn’t do a differential diagnosis because he had a single track mind, perhaps he had other matters on his mind or just as you say, the cancer was not on his radar. The combined effect of lack of awareness and primary vet’s misdiagnosis led to this, what could otherwise have been a much prolonged quality life and time with me here.