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|Videos|November 4, 2022

The current status of pet cancer treatments

In this dvm360® interview, Dr Ann Hohenhaus outlines emerging treatments in canine cancer

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While at a Blue Buffalo event held at the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in New York, New York, Ann Hohenhaus, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM, Oncology), CVJ, senior veterinarian at The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, reviewed recent advancements in veterinary oncology treatments, plus where further knowledge is needed.

The following is a partial transcript of the video.

Ann Hohenhaus, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM, Oncology), CVJ: I think right now we're in a finding phase, a searching phase, because in human medicine, precision therapy is all what it's about, and we're in the infancy of that in veterinary patients.


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