Cancer Causes
More Melatonin and Dog Cancer
More details on melatonin and dog cancer, including the whys, hows, and how much.
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Sleep, Dog Cancer, and Melatonin
Melatonin and dog cancer … why this powerful natural hormone produced inside your dog’s brain can help fight cancer. Inexpensively!
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Common Sense Lifestyle Choices to Prevent Cancer in Dogs
Can we really prevent cancer in dogs? Cancer thrives in certain bodies, so here’s how to make sure YOUR dog’s body is a hostile environment for cancer.
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Homemade Cleaning Supplies That Are Safe for You — and Your Dog With Cancer
Homemade cleaning supplies are easy to make and way safer for your dog with cancer than commercial products. And they work great!
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Summer Dangers for Dogs with Cancer
Summer dangers for dogs with cancer are right around the corner. Let’s be prepared!
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Filter Your Air for Dog Cancer
Is it really important to filter your air for dog cancer? Well, yeah. It is. Read why here.
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Is Your Dog Eating Grass, Vomiting, and Getting Sick?
Is your dog eating grass, vomiting and getting sick? Could be the pesticides and herbicides — war weapons — we use on our green spaces.
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Are Overweight Dogs at a Higher Risk for Cancer?
Are overweight dogs at a higher risk for cancer? Yes. It turns out that being chubby isn’t nearly as cute as we once thought.
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Safer Flea and Tick Treatments for Dogs
What’s the best way to protect your dog with cancer from fleas and ticks? Susan Harper explores safer flea and tick treatments in detail.
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Smoking, Second-Hand Smoke, Third-Hand Smoke and Dog Cancer
We are all becoming more aware of healthy nutrition and lifestyle. Much of what was deemed innocuous in our grandparents time is being exposed as risky. We’ve known for decades that smoking is hazardous to the smoker, and the term ‘second-hand smoke’ soon followed as science discovered that you didn’t need to smoke to be…
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Uncommon Tumors: Primary Lung Tumors, Part 1
As a boarded oncologist, I see not only the common cancers in dogs like lymphoma, mast cell tumors, osteosarcomas, hemangiosarcomas, and mammary cancers. But I also see the uncommon ones. Recently I have been seeing more of the uncommon tumors, and what’s even strange to me, I am seeing more that one within a few…
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Spay/neuter and the association with cancer in dogs: part three
“Reproduction is a risky affair.” “Reproduction is a risky affair” is the attention-getting opening line in one of the studies I’ll review today (Hoffman, 2013). But before we go through the new studies, let’s review my previous blogs on this topic. They have been generating some controversy, and with good reason — this is a…
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Spay/neuter and the association with cancer in dogs: part two
Susan Ettinger, DVM, Dip. ACVIM (Oncology) continues her discussion on how spaying and neutering our dogs can increase their risk for certain aggressive cancers.
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Heterocyclic Amines in the News
I’m happy to report a news article highlighting one of the subjects, carcinogenic heterocyclic amines, discussed in the Guide. The Mercola article discussed a publication about finding this substance, PhIP, in dog fur (as an aside, not all dogs have fur, as some have hair, but that is a different story!). PhIP is in a…
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Spay/neuter and the association with cancer in dogs: part one
In the US, there is widespread recommendation for early spay and neuter. But recently the association of spay/neutering and cancer in dogs has been in the news again. Specifically the concern is that spay/neutering increases the risk of cancer, which brings into question this recommendation to spay/neuter at 6 months of age. We are going…
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Vaccination and Dog Cancer
A reader recently posed a question about vaccinations and links with cancer in dogs. I discussed this in more detail in the Guide, along with many other factors that may (or may not) have links to cancer. But, since it came up, I thought it might make a good post. If reader is looking for…
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Is There A Reason For All This Dog Cancer, part 2
In my last post, we looked at some of the connections between the environment, diet, and cancer development. We also examined how similar cancer is to the body’s reaction to an injury, as if it were healing a damaged or wounded organ in a deranged way. Today, I’ll continue some of my thoughts about why…
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Is There A Reason for All This Dog Cancer?
“Why did my dog get cancer? This is a tough question to answer, but I’d like to provide a bit of information about how I think about cancer to help answer this question. First, a bit about the disease itself, and what we know right now. Cancer cells look and behave like young body cells. …
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Soil Depletion and Nutrients in Your Dog
Trace minerals and elements have not gotten the attention they deserve for our pets’ health. For example, zinc, selenium and magnesium are all critically important for dogs fighting cancer for many reasons, among them immunity and resistance to drug reactions. One of the reasons this may be problematic is that many ill dogs have low…
Read ArticleCould Killing “Good” Bacteria Increase GI Cancer Risk?
Could destroying the normal bacteria in your dog’s body be a risk factor for cancer down the road? This may sound very far-fetched. However, in the spirit of avoiding condemnation before investigation, read on! It turns out that the so-called “healthy” bacteria in the body may provide cancer protection. And therefore, if this bacteria is…
Read ArticleWhat is safe? Thoughts of an oncologist and mom
After a pet Guardian finds out their dog has cancer, I am often asked, “What caused my dog’s cancer? Was it the water, the food, the food bowls, the shampoo, the cleaners I used around the house, the herbicides or pesticides used on my lawn?” While there is so little evidence directly linking chemicals and…
Read ArticleCancer-Prone Dog Breeds
If you have a purebred dog, be on the look out for problems that are more common in your dog’s breed. Different breeds are more prone to certain health issues. Many are familiar with genetic diseases like hip dysplasia, more common in large breed dogs. However, there are more examples of breed-associated diseases, and cancer…
Read ArticleChubby Golden Retriever Has Less Cancer Protection
I was talking to one of my clients today in the exam room. She owns an awesome Golden Retriever named Baloo. Like his namesake in the movie “The Jungle Book,” Baloo is happy, friendly, goofy and….chubby. I started telling Baloo’s owner about the cancer rate in the breed. It is estimated that around 2/3…
Read ArticleIs Cancer Caused By Old Age?
Cancer is due to the fact that our dogs are living longer. Right? This was recently stated by a publicly aired news broadcast, by an expert. And the topic was dog cancer. I’m here to tell you that this is incorrect. And as usual, there is ample back-up evidence. But first, some clarifications. In the…
Read ArticleCalcium Tablets May Contain Carcinogenic Lead
Does calcium matter to a dog with cancer? How about carcinogenic lead? Many dog lovers are feeding their dog The Dog Cancer Diet in The Guide, with very good results. A dog with cancer has a unique metabolism that is totally different from a dog with no cancer. With this in mind, it is clear…
Read ArticleGlutamine, Immunity and Canine Cancer
Cancer is a whole-body disease. When we think about cancer, many times we tend to look at it as if it were just a single growth. A single growth is called a tumor. We can see tumors, either on the body of a loved dog or with a tool to see the inside of the…
Read ArticleHelp Metastasis with Flax Lignans
In the world of Full Spectrum care for dog cancer, we try to look for anything that gives us an edge. This edge could be related to survival, life quality, decreasing treatment side effects, or finding something that just works better than the old way. This is a major goal of The Dog Cancer Survival…
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