Dog Cancer Treatment - what are the options for your dog?

Posted by Clare Bristow

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Dog cancer treatments are developing all the time, and usually follow human treatments but with one important difference.

Cancer treatments tend to be less aggressive - lower doses and fewer combinations of drugs/treatments - in animals than in humans. The reason for this is that dog cancer treatment is more about alleviating pain, extending life and maintaining quality of life, than going for a cure at the expense of potentially severe complications and unnecessary suffering for your dog.

Before a treatment plan can be drawn up for your dog, his oncologist will need a thorough understanding of:

the type(s) of tumor your dog has;
the grade or stage of the tumor - basically this means how quickly is the cancer growing and is it spreading through the body;
the location of the tumor(s); and
the general health of your dog, such as is there any heart, disease, diabetes, are the liver and kidneys functioning healthy.

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