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Hi everyone- I'm on vacation (first one since Barret's surgery).. I miss him sooo much but he is loving staying with my mother in law and I'm woefully behind in the forums and blogs BUT I was watching the local news and they did a short story on canine cancer. They mentioned a vaccine (of course they didn't name the vaccine). T
Here is an excerpt from the story:
"Dr. Tracey LaDue says once Ginger finishes up her chemo, she'll receive a vaccine considered a breakthrough in cancer treatment for dogs. She says it was developed by a bio-tech group out of Tampa.
"Metamorphosis has made this vaccine that educates the immune response to be able to see the cancer cells seek them out and destroy them," said LaDue.
She says to date, animals have been treated with no sign of negative side effects. And it's possible this technology could eventually help to treat cancer in humans.
"I'm very hopeful," said Clark. "Cancer is a tough disease. And there really isn't a cure at this point. So this holds a lot of promise.""
Anyone here hear of this for other cancers? Anyone tried it? I'm intrigued and I wonder if they have it in my area... Just thought I would start the discussion here 
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Barret was diagnosed with Hemangiopericytoma May 16, 2013. Front left leg/scapula/pectoral muscle was amputated on June 11, 2013 and we've never looked back. Follow our story on http://barret.t.....pawds.com/ and read my column on That Pet Blog
Wow! Haven't heard about that. I wonder if it is still in the testingstage where it's not readily available unless you know the right person at a teacing or research hospital/school. Will have to keep my ears open.
Spirit Shooter was a Miniature Australian Shepherd who was diagnosed with a MCT and had a LF amp 1/28/13 at 13-1/2 years old.
Shooter crossed the Bridge on 8/28/13, his 7 month ampuversary and two weeks from his 14th birthday.
There is a cancer vaccine available now for malignant melanoma and there is one in the works for osteosarcoma but it is still in the testing stage.
Pam
I was offered the vaccine when Maggie was diagnosed with oral melanoma. But since the tumor was not being removed (I chose not to do surgery because of kidney failure) the chances of it helping her were very low. The cost of the vaccine 3.5 years ago would have been $2000, 4 injections at $500 per.
I know of two dogs who did try the vaccine after surgery. In one case the vaccine had no affect and the dog died a month after cancer recurrence. In the other case it might have given some extra time, but the dog had multiple surgeries before it passed from melanoma because it kept coming back.
Of course these two stories are no way a telling sample size. I have not kept up with the latest developments and I don't know the current cost. I do remember that our oncologist thought the vaccine looked very promising when used after tumor removal.
To me anything that shows any kind of progress in killing cancer is a step in the right direction!
Karen
I read quite a few really good articles on how they are able to get viruses to actually target only cancer cells, latch on to them, then either 'explode' them or rip them apart (something to do with the cells surface).
A lot of good news on the cancer front. But almost every article said that they were still anywhere from 5 to ??? years away.
I think I can get TJ to last till 17. 
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