Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: I recently adopted my first pet, a young cat named Tulip and took ...

In a study published Thursday, scientists from UCSF, UC Davis and the University of Pittsburgh describe a promising, first of its kind treatment in pet cats with oral cancer. The authors say the ...

Gregory Ogilvie works with both animal and human cancers. Not too long ago, when a dog or cat owner learned that a pet had cancer, it meant a death sentence for the animal. But things have changed.

Every November, cancer awareness messages flood our social media feeds. We think of humans first, but pets suffer from cancer too. It is one of the most common life-limiting diseases in older dogs and ...

Researchers have reported results from the first-ever clinical trial of a new class of targeted therapy in pet cats with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)—a cancer which is notoriously ...

No pet owner goes into adopting with the thought that their furry friend is going to get cancer one day. Oftentimes, early signs of cancer are missed because of not knowing what to look for or not ...

FIRST CLINICAL TRIAL OF A NEW CANCER DRUG FOR CATS. AND IT COULD HAVE APPLICATIONS FOR HUMANS. YEAH, IT’S INTERESTING. SCIENTISTS AT UC DAVIS AND UC SAN FRANCISCO HAVE TREATED CATS WITH SQUAMOUS CELL ...

How can we protect our cats from sunburn and, potentially, skin cancer? What are the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke in cats? Let’s start with sunburn, an easy fix. Our indoor and outdoor ...

A new treatment for cats with oral cancer could also help humans. Researchers from UCSF, UC Davis, and the University of Pittsburgh enrolled 20 cats in a clinical trial. After treatment, many remained ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: Tao, our 11-year-old part-Siamese cat, was diagnosed with lymphoma.