Hemangiosarcoma Update

Because many of us have owned beloved pets who have succumbed to cancer, please read below for an update on one of these cancers, Hemangiosarcoma. The information below was condensed from an article published by the Morris Animal Foundation. This organization has been devoted to discovering ways to prevent, detect, and treat this disease.

Memorial Sloan Ketting recently completed a study with findings from a small cohort of dogs that showed several specific proteins were elevated in hemangiosarcoma cells comparted to normal cells–pointing to promising targets for precision therapies that destroy cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue.

Building on these results, they will begin studying a larger cohort of dogs and develop antibodies to deliver radioactive particles and chemotherapy drugs directly to the proteins on cancer cells, minimizing harm to healthy tissues. If successful, the results could lead to clinical trials for dogs with hemangiosarcoma.

For additional information, please go to morrisanimalfoundation.org