TVCR logoA new can­cer treat­ment data­base was launched in Texas late last year: the Texas Vet­eri­nary Can­cer Registry.

The pur­pose of the data­base is to sup­ply health infor­ma­tion to own­ers of pets with can­cer and con­fi­den­tially col­lect health data of dogs, cats, and even peo­ple, diag­nosed with can­cer. Sign­ing up is vol­un­tary and by sign­ing up you will have access to the most recent can­cer treat­ment infor­ma­tion, names of oncology-qualified vet­eri­nar­i­ans, sur­geons, and doc­tors you might not find on your own, and may be selected for clin­i­cal can­cer treat­ment tri­als. Your pet’s col­lected data will be used to advance can­cer research and treatment.

Even if you don’t sign up, there is a valu­able and grow­ing list of Texas oncol­ogy and radi­a­tion vets on their web­site: TVCR Oncol­ogy and Radi­a­tion Vets. (Had the priv­i­lege of hear­ing one listed vet, Dr. Heather Wil­son, speak at an AKC Breeder Sym­po­sium last year. She really knows her stuff. :-) )

This reg­istry is lead by A&M Vet­eri­nary Chair Dr. Terry Fos­sum along with the non­profit CARE Foun­da­tion (Clin­i­cal Ani­mal Reg­is­tra­tion and Edu­ca­tion), Bay­lor Uni­ver­sity Med­ical Cen­ter at Dal­las, and the Texas Oncol­ogy Group. Dr. Fos­sum is also the Direc­tor for TIPS (Texas A&M Insti­tute for Pre­clin­i­cal Studies).

Learn more about this new data­base and what is has already done and plans to do, from the arti­cles below:

And, of course, directly from TVCR:

  • Texas Vet­eri­nary Can­cer Reg­istry (TVCR) – Web­site
  • Texas Vet­eri­nary Can­cer Reg­istry (TVCR) – Blog
  • Texas Vet­eri­nary Can­cer Reg­istry (TVCR) – Face­book page

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