Detecting Stage 1 Cancer in Dogs

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Episode Highlights:

[00:00:00] Why stage 1 detection matters in dogs: “tumors grow five times faster in dogs,” creating a much narrower window to catch and potentially cure cancer.

[00:03:10] Real-world reality check: only ~4% of canine cancer diagnoses happen during wellness exams, while ~88% happen after owners notice symptoms, meaning cancers are usually found stage 2 or later.

[00:19:10] Targeting the “big five” cancers that represent ~70–80% of major canine cancers: soft tissue sarcoma, osteosarcoma, mast cell tumor, lymphoma, hemangiosarcoma, with distinct peptide “signatures” on the arrays.

Key Quotes:

“Only 4% of the dog diagnoses are at during their wellness exams for cancer. 88% of those diagnoses occur that owners, just like you did notice something in their dog and their behavior go in and it gets diagnosed. Almost always those diagnosis will be at stage two or later.”

“We spent four years collecting samples all around the country from any dog that we could that was diagnosed with stage one tumors. So we're the only people in the world with a large collection of serum samples from stage one tumors.”

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