Welcome to VIP News!
Our new blog is dedicated to sharing the latest stories from the Flint Animal Cancer Center’s Very Important Pets & People! Plus, you’ll learn more about our current clinical trials, our inspiring research, and our work to find a cure for BOTH pets and people with cancer. We invite you to follow us!
Canine Cancer Prevention Vaccine
Cancer Prevention Vaccine Study Featured on CNN
CNN | June 21, 2019
In a new study led by Dr. Doug Thamm, medical...
read more
Cancer Stories
Facing cancer together.
Staff Writer | June 20, 2019
Connie and Leo were diagnosed with cancer within days of each other.
read more
Canine Cancer Prevention Vaccine
Canine cancer prevention vaccine study seeks participants
Lauren Mingus | June 18, 2019
As part of the largest interventional canine clinical trial ever conducted, veterinarians leading the Vaccine Against Canine Cancer Study seek to enroll 800 healthy, middle-aged pet dogs to evaluate the effectiveness of a new cancer prevention vaccine.
read more
Canine Hemangiosarcoma
Hemangiosarcoma clinical trial extends Gimpy’s lucky streak
Staff Writer | June 06, 2019
Gimpy, a yellow lab mix, is participating in a clinical trial for canine hemangiosarcoma at Colorado State University's Flint Animal Cancer Center.
read more
Veterinary Radiation Oncology
3-D Printed Bolus: Setting a new standard in radiation oncology
Staff Writer | May 29, 2019
Over the last year, Flint Animal Cancer Center's medical physicist, Dr. Del Leary, has worked with radiation oncologists to develop 3-D-printed molds, known as boluses, that contour to patient bodies to improve radiation dose delivery to tumors.
read more