Comments on: Canine Cancer Patients Help Researchers Advance With Vaccine

By: Maureen Brownell

Maureen Brownell — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:39:53 +0000

That picture really brought back some memories. My doberman was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer in 2004. He was only three at the time. We took him to the Guelph Veterinary Clinic in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He underwent 26 weeks of chemo and I happy to say he is still with us today.

He is one of the lucky ones. All during his treatment he never showed any signs of side effects.

I’m glad to see more treatment options are becoming available. Although our doberman literally breezed through the treatment others suffered a lot of the side effects. It was heart wrenching seeing how some of the other patients were suffering.

By: KAEfamily

KAEfamily — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:51:20 +0000

More of a reason for us humans to treat animals, especially our companion animals, even better.

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:43:03 +0000

I’m really surprised that someone gave this only 1 star. It had 2 votes, for an average of 3. I gave it a 5 to increase it at least a little bit. I think it’s an excellent and informative post, and I’m really glad that someone cared enough to post it. I hope everyone clicks the source link to read the entire article.

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:53:52 +0000

Denise, this treatment is not chemo. It’s much better and doesn’t carry all the side effects associated with chemo, with much more promising results. (Of course, response would be dependent upon what stage the cancer reaches before it is diagnosed.)

My heartfelt condolences for your little Muffin. :’(

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:35:59 +0000

the pup in the picture is getting treatment and it brings back nightmares for me about muffin. I would never again put a dog though that unless it was promising. they gave her a 5% chance and it is paiful for them to go through all of that.

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:38:57 +0000

I wish all research on animals were as benign and promising as this seems to be at this point in time. And if the treatment is only successful in dogs, that will still make dog owners very grateful to the dogs that pioneered this treatment.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:18:38 +0000

Hi everyone, I lost my pup Muffin to lymphoma in 2004. she was 7 years old a little shihtzu. we tried the chemo and got a remission for a little while. she lived 11 months after diognesses and i would not put another put through this treatment. it was just to much for her and I hope to god for the people and the little precious fur babies they can come up with something better. Linda we have a friend from michigan of ours name Linda that is fighting this too. She is having such a hard time right now. my neighbor had lymphoma in 1988 though and is still in remission. so don’t give up and keep on fighting. I am not sure what treatment she went though. sincerely, Denise

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:34:46 +0000

Wow! What a discovery. After going through chemo myself for lymphoma, this is a wonderful breakthrough, not only for our companions, but ourselves. I pray this treatment will become the norm for cancer patients, be they human or animal.

By: Jane Anderson

Jane Anderson — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:38:37 +0000

My God can other university small animal clinics consult with this place? And for other types of cancer too? My dear little dog has had 2 mast cell tumors a year apart. (Not related, totally seperate tumors) Right now she is in total remission but I have been told if it comes back then that’s it. It would give me hope, and ease my jangled nerves if my university clinic could send some genetic material from anything new to this university, they do the work then send the fighter cells back so my university clinic could implant them in my dog. Hopefully my dog will never get a relapse or anymore new tumors. But if it ever happens again, it would sure feel good to know that there is hope out there.

By: G in INdiana

G in INdiana — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:06:26 +0000

My husband just went through 6 months (8 treatments, approx. 3 weeks apart) for B-cell and follicular lymphoma (the doctors were not exactly sure what kind he had or in what combination). This treatment would have been so much easier on him than what he went through. I hope they fast track this to help other people so they don’t have to go through the agony of chemotherapy. It did work as he is cancer free for now, but this type of cancer can and often does come back within 5 to 10 years.