Skin Cancer in Dogs

Important tips for Protecting your pet from the heat and Sun
1: Keep plenty of cool water for them to drink
2: Available shade
3: Keep out of sun during miday as you would yourself and your children.

I has been suggested that almost 500 out of 100,000 dogs get skin cancer. Your furry friend depends on you to protect him or her.
Regular grooming can help protect your pet in that early detection is as importnat for him or her as it is for you.


"Carcinoma and sarcoma, the two out of the four major types of cancer, are the ones that normally occur in the skin of a dog that need to be differentiated for treatment purposes. Skin cancer usually affects four different types of cells and is divided into four categories as such.

Epithelial tumors are associated with the skin, skin glands and hair follicles.
Mesenchyme tumors are cancers resulting from cells that support fat, connective tissue, blood vessels and nerves.
Round cell tumors include cancer of the external sex organs, mast cell tumors and plasma cell tumors.
Melanomas are cancer of the cells responsible for pigment in the skin.
Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer. Carcinoma is a term that denotes to a cancer that initially starts in the cells and surrounds an organ completely. Another form of carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, grows gradually and does not normally spread to other parts of the body.

Another common form of skin cancer is associated with mast cells that control coagulation of blood and permeability of blood vessels. Mast cell tumors are usually malignant and arise from connective tissue. Allergic reactions may activate mast cell in a manner that any genetic or environmental predisposition can result in transforming these cells into a cancerous state."

Weritten by:Bess Thompson