[ SHOWGSD-L ] Canine Cancer

  • From: Diane Wright <diwri@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:19:22 -0800 (PST)

Dr. Roe Froman of the Van Andel Research Institute in Grand Rapids MI, is going 
to be the guest speaker at the March meeting of the Battle Creek (MI) Kennel 
Club.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
7:30 pm social time 
8:00 pm meeting

St. Peter Lutheran Church
1079 Riverside Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49015
The Van Andel Research Institute, in Grand 
Rapids, Michigan, is pleased to share that we 
have received a “Grand Opportunities” (GO 
grant) from the National Institutes of Health.  
This is enabling the Institute to expand its canine 
cancer studies, which started with a project 
investigating hemangiosarcoma in Clumber 
spaniels 18 months ago, into a much broader 
research program.  

The first and most important program 
is the Canine Hereditary Cancer Consortium 
(CHCC), which is headed by Drs. Jeff Trent 
(TGen), Nick Duesbery (Van Andel Research 
Institute), and Paul Meltzer (National Cancer 
Institute/NIH).  The program is an unprecedented 
alliance of scientists, veterinarians and 
physicians. Drs. Duesbery and Froman are 
intensely focused on recruiting canine cancer 
patients for the study through a variety of clinical 
outreach programs.  Samples from canine 
patients will not only allow the researchers to 
identify genes responsible for breed-specific 
susceptibilities (such as hemangiosarcoma in 
Clumber spaniels and osteosarcoma in 
Greyhounds), but also to translate these 
discoveries into new and more precise 
diagnostics and therapeutics for both canine and 
human cancer patients.  The ultimate goal is to 
take personalized medicine for dogs to unscaled 
heights! 
 
The CHCC has been developed to investigate 
five initial cancers in dogs, which also affect 
people.  The first five cancers we’ll be 
researching are: 
Hemangiosarcoma
Osteosarcoma
Lymphoma
Maligant Histiocytosis
Melanoma (Oral & Digital)

In order to move forward, we need your help.  
owners with dogs who develop any of the above 
types of cancer.  We are requesting fresh (NOT in 
formalin) tumor samples when the dog has 
surgery, a biopsy or is euthanized.  We also need 3 
mls of blood in an EDTA (purple top) tube.  If a 
tumor sample is not immediately available, (a dog 
who has had surgery, for example), a blood sample 
is still useful.   
 
If your dog is scheduled for surgery, please 
contact VARI ahead of time so we can FedEx a 
tumor collection kit to your veterinarian.  

You can contact the CHCC at 616.234.5569.  You may also 
email Dr. Froman at roe.froman@xxxxxxx   
Consent forms and more information for 
veterinarians can be accessed and downloaded 
from our website, www.vai.org/helpingdogs   In 
addition, we are collecting DNA samples from a 
wide variety of healthy, purebred dogs, for use as 
controls.  Your help is greatly appreciated.  


      
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