Is it Cancer? Use of a Blood-Based Test as an Aid-in-Diagnosis for Cancer Detection in Dogs

Tuesday, December 13, 7:00pm ET

60-Minute Webinar with Q&A

If you are unable to make this date and time, please submit a registration anyway. A RACE-approved online course will be created using the archived recording of the webinar. All who register for the webinar will be sent enrollment links about two weeks after the webinar.

What do you do when a dog presents with an abdominal mass that you can't access for FNA or biopsy? How about a case where cytology or histopathology is inconclusive, but you still suspect cancer? What about a situation where you recommend biopsy, but the owner objects because they feel it is too invasive?

When a dog is suspected of having cancer, the workup can take many forms and a variety of testing modalities may be needed to arrive at a definitive or presumptive diagnosis. Join Dr. Todd Cohen, Director of Clinical Support at PetDx, for a review of a novel tool in the clinician's toolbox—liquid biopsy. Liquid biopsy is a test that evaluates a blood sample for the presence of circulating tumor DNA which indicates the current presence of cancer in the body. Dr. Cohen will also examine the basic principles of liquid biopsy testing and how this technology may be useful as an aid-in-diagnosis. A series of illustrative case samples will be presented, demonstrating how liquid biopsy has been used in the evaluation of dogs with suspected cancer.

By attending this webinar, you'll be able to:

• Describe basic principles of cancer development
• Outline how cell-free DNA can be used to detect cancer in dogs
• Identify clinical scenarios in which liquid biopsy may be useful as an aid-in-diagnosis for cancer in dogs
• Discuss appropriate interpretation of liquid biopsy results in the aid-in-diagnosis scenario

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This program #948914 is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a total of 1.00 CE credit for veterinarians and technicians.