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    How beagles and goldens could help researchers find the next cancer therapy for humans

    Veterinarians are conducting rigorous clinical trials of new treatments with the hope they might eventually benefit humans as well as the family pet.
    by Usha Lee McFarling Oct 04, 2017 5 minutes

    DAVIS, Calif. — Radiation oncologist Dr. Michael Kent desperately wants to beat cancer. He’s testing the latest high-tech treatments in clinical trials and using a multimillion-dollar linear accelerator so he can offer the best care to patients — whether they’re beagles, golden retrievers, or the black and white terrier mix named Moo he’s now treating for a recurrent tumor in her paw.

    Kent is a veterinarian. Frustrated by the lack of treatment options for dogs with certain tumors and cancers that have metastasized, he’s searching hard for new treatments to extend the lives of his patients. But because the biology of dogs and humans is so similar, what he finds here at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine could well help treat human cancers as well.

    “For a long time, we’ve looked at humans to see how to treat dogs,” Kent

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