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1. A bond beyond friendship: dog, man, and comparative oncology

   Contributor(s):: Borgatti, A., Buracco, P.

   "Comparative oncology" refers to a discipline that integrates spontaneously-arising tumors in veterinary patients with studies of cancer biology, progression, and therapy. Unlike artificially-induced tumors in rodents whose "instantaneous" development does not reflect the pathogenesis of human...

2. An Alternative Approach for Investigating the Carcinogenicity of Indoor Air Pollution: Pets as Sentinels of Environmental Cancer Risk

   Contributor(s):: John A. Bukowski, Daniel Wartenberg

   Traditionally, the cancer risks associated with radon, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and similar indoor residential exposures have been evaluated through either laboratory experiments in rodents or epidemiology studies in people. Laboratory studies have the advantage of being controlled...

3. Animal-assisted therapy for improving human health

   Contributor(s):: Cevizci, S., Erginoz, E., Baltas, Z.

   Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) or Pet Therapy is an adjunctive therapy that takes advantage of human and animal interaction, activates physiological and psychological mechanisms, and initiates positive changes to improve metabolic health. In recent years, this interaction is use to treat...

4. Are Pet Owners Really at Greater Risk of Cancer?

   

   | Contributor(s):: Harold Herzog

   The surprising results of a new “big data” study of cancer rates in pet owners.

5. Assessment and treatment of nonpain conditions in life-limiting disease

   | Contributor(s):: Villalobos, A. E.

6. Being there : relationships between people with cancer and their pets : what helps and what hinders

   | Contributor(s):: Patricia Nitkin

   This qualitative research examined the little studied area of human-pet relationships and their impact on persons with cancer. The goal of this study was to gather information from individuals with cancer who had a pet during their illness and explore the helpful and unhelpful aspects of that...

7. Canine Guardians

   

   Canine Guardians is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, fully volunteer, donation-based organization in the beautiful Napa Valley. We raise and train and provide service dogs to assist and enrich the daily lives of wounded American veterans and veterans with PTSD , children and adults with physical...

8. Canine scent detection of human cancers: a review of methods and accuracy

   | Contributor(s):: Moser, E., McCulloch, M.

9. Canines and Childhood Cancer: Pilot Study Report

   

   Since December 2011, the Pfizer Foundationand Zoetis have sponsored AmericanHumane Association (AHA) in developingand executing an innovative research study –the Canines and Childhood Cancer (CCC)Study – to investigate the impact of animalassistedtherapy (AAT) on pediatric oncologypatients, their...

10. Canines and Childhood Cancer: Pilot Study Report Executive Summary

    

    Since December 2011, Zoetis and the PfizerFoundation have sponsored American HumaneAssociation in developing and executing the Caninesand Childhood Cancer (CCC) Study to investigate theeffects of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) on pediatric oncologypatients, their families, and the therapy dogs who...

11. Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center

    Opened in 1970 as the first therapeutic riding center built especially for the purpose of serving those with special needs in the United States, the Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center strives to focus on what individuals can accomplish, not on what they cannot.Today, the Cheff Therapeutic Riding...

12. Clinical digest

13. Clinical Findings in Dogs Trained for Awake-MRI

    

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    | Contributor(s):: Gregory S. Berns, Mark Spivak, Sarah Nemanic, Nicole Northrup

    Training dogs for awake-MRI began in 2012 for the study of canine cognition. Although originally envisioned as a research technique to understand the neural mechanisms of canine cognitive function, its potential as a new diagnostic clinical tool has become apparent. A high-quality structural...

14. Depression and anxiety in pet owners after a diagnosis of cancer in their pets: a cross-sectional study in Japan

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    | Contributor(s):: Nakano, Y., Matsushima, M., Nakamori, A., Hiroma, J., Matsuo, E., Wakabayashi, H., Yoshida, S., Ichikawa, H., Kaneko, M., Mutai, R., Sugiyama, Y., Yoshida, E., Kobayashi, T.

15. Dogs Can't Cure Cancer

    

    | Contributor(s):: Harold Herzog

    What a new study found about the effects of dog visitations on cancer patients.

16. Dogs, kids, and cancer: how dogs are helping

    | Contributor(s):: Palmer, W. J.

    2022Veterinary Practice News34238-381528-6398EnglishHolly Springs, N.C., USA.text

17. Evidence for canine olfactory detection of melanoma

    | Contributor(s):: Pickel, D., Manucy, G. P., Walker, D. B., Hall, S. B., Walker, J. C.

    Evidence of chemical markers for melanoma in blood and urine suggests that volatile chemicals might be released from melanoma cells (on the skin surface) in amounts sufficient to allow early diagnosis. When tested using methods normally used in canine olfactory detection of drugs and explosives,...

18. Factors Which Influence Owners When Deciding to Use Chemotherapy in Terminally Ill Pets

    | Contributor(s):: Jane Williams, Catherine Phillips, Hollie Marie Byrd

    Chemotherapy is a commonly integrated treatment option within human and animal oncology regimes. Limited research has investigated pet owners’ treatment decision-making in animals diagnosed with malignant neoplasia. Dog and cat owners were asked to complete an online questionnaire to...

19. HABRI Central Case Studies: Animal Intervention: Decreasing Anxiety in Cancer Patients

    

    | Contributor(s):: HABRI Central

    A university student talks about a tumor he had as a child and how a dog his family adopted during his treatment helped him through the recovery process.

20. Honoring the bond: when cancer threatens

    | Contributor(s):: Ogilvie, G. K.