Protecting the Hearts of Canine Cancer Patients
Monday, March 7th, 2022
Heart damage has emerged among the distressing side effects of certain chemotherapy drugs
cancer treatment
Researchers study dogs for clues about cancer treatment side effects
Monday, February 15th, 2021
Research assistant professor Vicky Yang talks to WCVB Boston about work with Tufts Medical Center to study cancer treatment side effects in dogs and people
Drug Detects Lingering Cancer Cells
Friday, November 8th, 2013
John Berg, a veterinary surgeon at Tufts, is testing the experimental technique on canine patients, hoping to raise survival rates
A Better Mousetrap
Monday, March 11th, 2013
Can cats help advance cancer treatment where mice have failed? The traditional means of testing a potential treatment for cancer is to get a lab full of mice and conduct controlled experiments that attempt to prevent tumor growth. In the late 1990s, such studies produced a new medication that choked off the blood flow to malignant cells. It was hailed as a wonder drug. “There was literally a headline in the New York Times saying scientists would cure cancer within two years,” says Elizabeth McNiel, a veterinary oncologist at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. “It was huge.”
