Approximately 50% of mammary tumors are benign; however, the best way to determine malignancy is via histopathology after removal or biopsy of the tumor.

Mammary cancer is the most commonly diagnosed tumor in intact female dogs that are older than seven years of age. However, male dogs rarely develop such a tumor.

As a dog owner, if you notice a lump on your female dog’s mammary gland, caution is advised. It could be a mammary tumor, which can be either benign or malignant. Early detection and treatment are, ...

About 50 percent of mammary tumors in dogs are malignant and can metastasize to the lungs, lymph nodes, or other organs. Therefore, early detection and treatment by a veterinarian are particularly ...

For dogs with mammary tumors, deciding a course of treatment can depend on a variety of factors, some of which may seem to contradict one another. With a new, practical system developed by ...

Pre-malignant mammary lesions in dogs and humans display many of the same characteristics, a discovery that could lead to better understanding of breast cancer progression and prevention for people ...

Dogs spayed before their first heat are protected from mammary tumors, but once they’ve gone through two or more heat cycles, they have a 26 percent chance of developing them.

Traditional cancer therapies, which include radiation, surgery to remove most of the tumor, and chemotherapy to kill any rapidly growing cells, are sometimes effective but are both expensive and ...