Our friend Dr. Sue Ettinger is a practicing veterinary cancer specialist, international speaker, book author, and vlogger (video blogger). She is currently at the Veterinary Cancer Center in Norwalk, CT – part of the Compassion-First Pet Hospitals family of Hospitals. She is one of approximately 400 board-certified specialists in medical oncology in North America. She received her veterinary training at Cornell University College of...

Disclaimer The Puppy Up Foundation does not endorse nor recommend any particular product, service, or treatment. We offer  information strictly for educational and/or informational purposes. We believe it is the pet owner’s responsibility to do the research and draw his or her own conclusions. From Mother Nature Network From grain-free to organic to unusual proteins, our pets’ diets often reflect what we want, not...

Prevention is half the battle against diseases. Here are a few recommendations from a veterinarian that we can do to help prevent cancer in our companion animals. from NWF Daily News By Dara Johns • The first, avoid second-hand tobacco smoke, is something we can all benefit from. If you smoke, now is always a good time to quit. • Monitor your pet’s weight....

KSHB Kansas City (By Charlie Keegan) KANSAS CITY, Kan. — We call dogs man’s best friend, and now the four-legged animals are helping doctors create a new way to fight cancer in humans that could eliminate the need for surgery or chemotherapy. A treat never tasted better to Remy, a 10-year-old Sheltie. “She’s funny, she’s full of life and love and spunk,” explained Julie...

The canine clinical trial will vaccinate 800 healthy pets From Scientific American By Keridwen Cornelius on June 7, 2018 Stephen Johnston dreams of a future in which humans could protect themselves against all types of cancer with a single shot. As the biochemist envisions it, this prophylactic injection would train the immune system to pick off cancerous cells before they could mobilize into malignancies....

By Charlotte Edwards Medical Device Network A research team at the University of Lille in France has developed a device they call the SpiderMass, which could enable surgeons to look for markers of cancer in a patient’s tissue during an operation. SpiderMass could help surgeons to find stray cancer cells faster, potentially as they make incisions, and would negate the need for lengthy pathologist...

From Greatist This article was created in partnership with as part of A Better Way. If you’re like us, your pets are your children—full-fledged members of the family with their own personalities, food preferences, toys, and clothes (no judgment). And guess what? You’re not alone. According to a 2016 Nielsen report, 85 percent of pet parents “believe they can extend the lives of their...

(Joan Peck) Thanks for funding the stereotactic radiation study for dogs with Osteosarcoma by Dr. Neil Christensen at the U. of Wisconsin.  The treatment Abby received successfully treated her pain and gave us several months of joy with Abby that we would not have had...

May 2018 | Source: Vivos Inc. Article Source Richland, WA, May 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vivos Inc (OTC: RDGL) successfully treated canine soft tissue sarcoma with its proprietary IsoPet™ (RadioGel™), a hydrogel liquid containing tiny yttrium-90 phosphate particles that may be administered directly into a tumor. A veterinary cancer specialist at the University of Missouri—Columbia successfully treated a soft-tissue tumor in the hind...