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Can immunotherapy help fight bladder cancer in dogs?

Dogs who received immunotherapy for bladder cancer

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Max was diagnosed with prostate cancer and then later bladder cancer – transitional cell carcinoma.

Susie was diagnosed with bladder cancer or TCC (Transitiomal Cell Carcinoma)

Why immunotherapy?

  • May stop or slow the recurrence and spreading of cancer

  • May help when surgery is not possible, or if chemotherapy doesn't work

  • May slow or reverse cancer metastasis

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Maggie was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in Jan 2020 and got conventional treatment plus the vaccine.  She is still cancer-free.

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Ranger's cancer kept on spreading, even after surgery and chemotherapy.  But his tumors shrank and disappeared after the EGFR/HER2 vaccine treatment.

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Codi's metastatic osteosarcoma began to disappear a month after he received the EGFR/HER2 vaccine injection. He enjoyed 3 extra years as a healthy, happy pup.

How does it work?

  • Cancer immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses the body's own immune system to fight cancer.

  • Safely activates the immune system against cancer cells that are over-expressing EGFR and HER2 proteins.

Limitations and Challenges

  • Today's immunotherapy cannot guarantee every dog will become a long-term survivor. 

  • Researchers are investigating different ways to safely enhance the efficacy and increase the number of responders.

Learn about strategies that might enhance efficacy of immunotherapy treatments.

Please contact us at info@ccralliance.org

with any questions.

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Stay Involved

How can I best help my pup respond to the vaccine?

Anything to avoid? Can dietary intervention help?

What's the relationship between cancer and gut microbiome?

Will checkpoint inhibitors become available?

How can I contribute my pup's samples to the study?

Receive email updates and invitation to future zoom sessions.

Please contact us at info@ccralliance.org

with any questions.

"Thank you for this incredible work, for the second chance for each dog to live a full life, joyful at the side of their humans. " - Sharon L.

This study is made possible by donations from loving pet parents ♥️

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