Know thine enemy – so you can take fast action if it strikes your dog.

By CJ Puotinen

Oseosarcoma (bone cancer) most frequently occurs in canine leg bones. Amputation of the affected limb can eliminate the pain of bone cancer, but radiation and/or chemotherapy are usually needed to prolong the dog’s life.

Cancer has to be the most feared diagnosis in all of medicine, one that sends patients and their families on a bewildering journey through statistics, treatment options, and life-or-death decisions that have to be made right now. Cancer has become so widespread that the care and treatment of its human patients is one of the world’s largest industries. Now cancer affects a significant percentage of veterinary patients as well.

Most medical dictionaries define cancer as a disease resulting from an abnormal and uncontrolled division of cells that invade and destroy surrounding tissue. In most cases, this cell division creates malignant growths called tumors. Cancer cells often migrate via the blood…

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