Caring for pets with cancer through clinical care studies
The Australian Animal Cancer Foundation is committed to boosting its funding of animal oncology to help animals with cancer... and help advance cancer clinical care studies that will benefit pets - and humans.
NOW AVAILABLE: AUSTRALIA'S FIRST CANINE CANCER MEDICINE
Dog owners whose pets are suffering from a devastating form of canine cancer now have access to a new medicine specifically developed for dogs. Available now from vets, the new medicine is designed to improve your dogs quality of life and chance of survival if they have been diagnosed with a mast cell tumour.
For more information go to www.bvsc.com.au
LATEST NEWS
Audrey, the very well loved pet from the popular television show, Neighbours, has died of cancer. Every year, wonderful pets die from these terrible diseases. Audreys Mum, Christine Powell, has instigated a fund raising initiative to help us find a cure for cancer in pets.
To donate to the Audrey Cancer Research Fund visit our donate page. The Australian Animal Cancer Foundation is dedicated to finding the answer and your donation will help.
The Australian Animal Cancer Foundation at the Brisbane Veterinary Specialist Centre The Animal Hospital, houses the only Linear Accelerator in the Southern Hemisphere dedicated to treating companion animals suffering from cancer. Our pets can receive state of the art cancer care and each animal treated helps further our understanding of cancer. Lessons learned help other animals and also people.
Saving our pets lives 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 identical cancer to humans. Results of controlled clinical trials unlock secrets providing us with the knowledge to save lives. Help us save our pets, like Audrey and in turn we will learn how to save humans too.
Please keep checking this website for further updates.
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