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02204-T: Using Enhanced Imaging to Evaluate Tumor Margins for Canine Mammary Cancer and Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Surgery is the primary treatment for many common tumors affecting dogs including mammary tumors and soft tissue sarcomas (STS). For these tumors, the best chance of cure is offered if the surgeon can fully remove both visible and microscopic traces of the tumor. Unfortunately, to do this, surgeons must rely on indirect and crude methods […]
Read More02880: Enhanced Surgical Margin Imaging with Polarization-sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography in Canine Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Mammary Tumors
Surgery is the most common treatment used for skin and mammary cancer in dogs. Currently, a pathologist determines whether surgery has removed all cancer cells many days after the procedure. However, rapid and accurate testing during surgery is needed to detect residual cancer to decrease cancer recurrence and the necessity for repeated surgery or treatments. […]
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AKC Canine Health Foundation Awards Nearly $1.5 million to Innovative Research Projects to Improve the Health of Dogs
The AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to prevent, treat and cure diseases in all dogs, announces that 30 grants have been awarded in 2015 to researchers studying canine disease. These grants, totaling nearly $1.5 million, will continue to build on CHF-funded advances in veterinary medicine and biomedical science, impacting […]
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