Early detection is crucial. Every lump in a dog warrants some minimum diagnostic. The issue is to find them small and treat them big. While it is the most common cause of death in dogs, it's also the most curable chronic condition. Much of the cutting-edge research in animal cancer is done at the Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State.
Research is done only on animals with cancer and in the context of clinical trials.
No experimental animals are used. The Morris Animal Foundation, American Veterinary Medical Foundation and National Institutes of Health are among groups that finance research. Not long ago, we had to amputate limbs. Now doctors can remove a cancerous bone and replace it with a healthy bone from the center's bone bank. Similar procedures save limbs in children with bone cancer.