The National Cancer Institute says 1.4 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in 2006, 8 times fewer than its estimate of 6 million dogs and six million cats diagnosed annually.
Pets get the same kinds of cancer as people, and often more of it – dogs get 35 times more skin cancer, four times more breast tumors, eight times more bone cancer, and twice as much leukemia.
Scientists studying pet cancer can also shed light on human disease and pets can benefit from new human cancer therapies. Post said the ACF focuses funding on new science that benefits both pets and people.
