Caring for pets with cancer through clinical care studies

IMMEDIATE MEDIA RELEASE RESPONSE TO A CURRENT AFFAIR STORY - EBC 46 CANCER THERAPY

Dr Rod Straw of the Australian Animal Cancer Foundation applauds the recent efforts of Newtown Vets and Ecobiotics.

“Any potential Cancer breakthrough is great for animals and humans alike.  What we must be cautious of is creating false hope at the risk of people delaying potentially life saving treatments in lieu of something new.  Traditional therapies for pets are available such as chemotherapy and radiation and are very effective with low toxicity in many cases.  There are those we cannot help though.  We would love to see a non invasive option that actually works but it must be data driven, until then people should not be steering away from conventional treatments which are proven and not as cost prohibitive as some may think.”

Dr Straw is the Founder of the Australian Animal Cancer Foundation.  Established in Brisbane in 2004, it houses the only Linear Accelerator in the Southern Hemisphere dedicated to treating companion animals suffering from Cancer.  Companion animals can receive exactly the same therapies as used on humans and in 90% of cases they respond and handle the treatments much better than we do.  Dr Straw says that “trying to save our pets is one of the best things we can do as humans, because quite simply put – if we can save them, we can save ourselves.  In many cases dogs and cats suffer the identical Cancer to humans making the treatments and outcomes identical but a cancer breakthrough has to stand the test of controlled clinical trials in both animals and humans.  Any way the Australian Animal Cancer Foundation can help in this arena will be investigated and we will continue to look for Companies and individuals who would like to help fund this valuable research.”

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