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There are few things worse in this world than cancer.

It's a horrible disease that ruins lives… but it can be prevented!!

Right now, it's Pet Cancer Awareness Month and so what better way to spread awareness than by sharing some of Dr. Patrick Mahaney's tips for preventing cancer in your pet??

Dr. Mahaney's Top Five Holistic Pet Cancer Prevention Tips:

I would love to call this article my top five holistic tips to cure pet cancer, but I feel that title might be somewhat misleading. Through my experiences working with my oncology colleagues at the Veterinary Cancer Group (VCG), I’m aware that some cancers can be cured but the majority of them are clinically managed (put into remission, etc.) and don’t necessarily completely resolve.

Cancer is a disease disease that we veterinarians are diagnosing more frequently in pets. According to the Morris Animal Foundation “1 in 2 dogs will develop cancer and 1 in 4 dogs will die of the disease”.

As there is no guarantee for a cure, we should strive to prevent our pets from developing cancer in the first place. Yet, as cancer is a complicated disease of the immune system involving excessive growth of cells having altered DNA, the origins of the disease never have singular nor finite cause. Therefore, there is no absolute guarantee that our best efforts to prevent cancer from happening will guarantee a desired outcome (i.e. having a pet never develop cancer).

May is Pet Cancer Awareness Month, so I want to emphasize the concept that making healthy lifestyle choices can provide a better state of overall wellness and potentially reduce the likelihood that cancer may occur. Although there is no failproof cancer preventative tactic, here are my top five tips to help keep your pet cancer free.

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Well, this is very strange.

Shelia Stadler was very close with her guide dog. So close that before Shelia passed away from cancer, she requested her dog Toffee be euthanized and buried alongside her.

Here's what a person from the local animal hospital had to say:

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Awww…no pet owners likes to hear this sort of news…

Alyssa Miano's beloved Diesel has passed away after battling cancer. The pooch was diagnosed in late January and Alyssa has been heartbroken ever since.

Yesterday, she sent a tweet to her followers about her pup's passing:

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The police, nor the FBI, have been able to solve this 70 year murder mystery….no human has….

But now, it might be up to a dog named Buster to finally crack the case!

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Remember Kabang?

This courageous pooch fought cancer and beat it down, as well as saving the lives of two girls in the Phillippines, losing her snout in the process.

Now at UC Davis, the two year old dog is receiving even more great news!

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The dog (above) lost her snout and upper jaw after she jumped in front of a speeding motorcycle to save two girls, and while she had been diagnosed with cancer, she has now beat it!!

The doggie, who's name is Kabang was brought to the University of California, Davis from the Philippines, where the vets are in the process of trying to fix her injuries.

And to everyone's surprise, her cancer disappeared. However, the hero pooch is still waiting to undergo treatment for

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Grace still has a long way ago but it's AHMAZING two months can change things!

Back in September, we told you about Katherine Heigl's tweet and plea for support of Grace, a former stray that was dangerously sick.

The 5 year old pit has been adopted by the Heigl Foundation and she's currently still undergoing chemotherapy, after a cancerous tumor was removed.

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