Eliminate Cancer for Dogs and ChildrenCanine Health Foundation

Cancer is the number one disease killer of dogs and children. National dog breed clubs rank osteosarcoma in the top five health concerns. Osteosarcoma is a bone cancer that also occurs in children during bone growth. The Canine Health Foundation will use the $50,000 to support osteosarcoma research. 

First, we will fund a project to identify genetic changes shared in bone tumors and look for the potential risk of disease development.  Second, we will fund a project to evaluate of efficiency of a potential drug in treating osteosarcoma.

Dogs and people are similar genetically and are exposed to the same environmental factors.  Research on cancer in dogs will directly benefit children with osteosarcoma.