Cats are not small dogs

Cancer is a common disease. One in three people, dogs and cats will develop a cancer over their lifetime. Cancer treatment has evolved over the last few decades in all 3 species and there are lots of similarities in cancer behaviour, treatment modalities and clinical outcome. These similarities can be utilised in comparative oncology research On the other hand cancer behaviour can significantly differ between species and its imperative to acknowledge that to achieve the best results in cancer treatment of the individual patients and apply "the correct" dose of treatment. Some cancers are curable, some are able to be held in remission for periods of time, and some are manageable. Veronika will outline the most common diseases such as lymphoma, mast cell tumors, oral tumors, thymoma, lung tumors and bone cancer and discuss differences between dogs and cats not only in the cancer behaviour and response to different treatment options but the availability of new diagnostic tests which can help us to diagnose cancer earlier and therefore optimize long term response to treatment.