Lola, a 9-year-old golden retriever, was diagnosed with oral melanoma that spread to her lungs. At the time of diagnosis, she ...

These tumors are most common in your dog’s mouth, intestines, chest wall, and legs. However, since they can develop deep within the tissue, they can be very hard to detect.

Melanoma tumors in pets are usually found in the mouth or the toes, unlike human melanoma, which arises in the skin.

They found a fleshy mass on the roof of his mouth on the hard palate. They suggested that these can be challenging tumors and suggested that we have him seen by a specialist.

Lola, the golden retriever, was given a terminal cancer diagnosis with just a couple of months to live. An aggressive cancer ...

In dogs, these tumors seem to have a genetic component and are commonly, but not always, black since the cells that produce the pigment known as melanin are proliferating.

He told us the dog should not have any vaccines at all. We took the dog to this vet every month, and he took a picture of his mouth, and we were able to watch the tumor shrink.

Recent Cornell research compared the genetic expression profiles of a nonlethal canine tumor and the rare, devastating human oral tumor it resembles, laying the groundwork for potential ...

Sniffing or licking other dogs' genitalia -- the common site of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour -- can spread this unusual cancer to the nose and mouth.