My dog knew I had cancer before I did — then helped me through chemo: ‘He was a greater purpose for me’
A young woman’s dog was the first to detect her deadly breast cancer. In June 2023, Breanna Bortner, then 30, noticed her ...
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Advances in veterinary oncology: From a melanoma vaccine to genetic testing
Philip Bergman, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM (Oncology), kicked off the 2025 Fetch Charlotte conference with his keynote address on ...
Grieving Owner Says Neighbor's Dog 'Sensed' Her Labrador's Cancer
Research suggests that dogs have an extraordinary ability to detect illness, including cancer, through their sense of smell. The idea first emerged in 1989 when a woman noticed her dog persistently ...
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Woman says her dog spotted strange symptom that later turned out be cancer
Breanna Bortner, from Minnesota, was previously diagnosed with stage 2B triple-negative invasive ductal carcinoma - a type of ...
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Shiitake mushrooms and canine cancer
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in dogs, with diagnosis ranging from lymphoma to mast cell tumors. A recent ...
Dog abandoned during Hurricane Milton beats cancer and other health scare after finding forever family
CBS News contributor David Begnaud gives an update on how Trooper, a dog abandoned during Hurricane Milton, overcame new challenges, including a fight against cancer.
‘A woman dies every 48 hours’: Meet the dogs trained to detect cancer
The two specially trained canines are preparing to take on deadly ovarian cancer, a disease that kills one New Zealand woman every 48 hours and is tricky to detect until the later stages.