Opinion: The DNA from dog tumors may hold the secret to better human cancer drugs
Genomic data from the tumors of more than 4,000 dogs is offering insights for treating human cancer, too.
This year, nearly 6 million dogs in the U.S. will receive a cancer diagnosis. That’s approximately three times greater than the number of Americans who will be diagnosed with cancer this year, even though humans are estimated to outnumber pet dogs by nearly 4 to 1.
Yet the genetic similarities between human and dog cancers may point the way to treatments that can save lives on both ends of the leash.
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