They'll be making comparisons between the microRNA profiles within macrophages isolated from human and dog
osteosarcoma samples.
Again, the fracture population and
the osteosarcoma sample were very different age-wise.
Not exact matches
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.
Tissue
samples from affected dogs - University of Colorado Clinical Trials 2017
Osteosarcoma listed
I would recommend that you ask for an aspirate to be performed to see if we can get a
sample which would be able to indicate whether the cause is
osteosarcoma or another cause.
Among those are
samples from 20 dogs that developed
osteosarcoma and about 30 dogs over 11 years old that didn't.
Those tissue
samples could be valuable when it comes to searching for a particular gene involved in
osteosarcoma.