Upstate Vet Blog

To help illustrate the ups and downs of cancer treatment for pets, we asked one of our oncology patients, a 7-year-old Golden retriever named Charlie, to keep a journal that we could share with you. Here is Charlie’s account of his cancer journey.

To see our “medical detectives” at work, follow Bailey, a 2-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever who recently benefited from our veterinary internal medicine sleuthing.

A pet emergency can quickly dampen the holiday spirit, so we are sharing our tips for a happy, pet-safe holiday season.

Our blood bank supplies life-saving blood products to critical canine and feline patients at Upstate Vet and other area veterinary hospitals. But, we could not maintain a fully stocked supply of blood products without the help of our amazing donor dogs and cats.

If your family veterinarian has diagnosed cancer in your pet, rest assured that we offer the most advanced therapies that will give them the best chance of survival.

As part of our commitment to providing the most advanced veterinary care available, we regularly update our equipment so pets receive the most modern diagnostics and treatments.

Melanoma is a malignancy of melanocytes, the cells responsible for producing pigment in the body. While melanomas can occur in many locations on the body the biological behavior of this tumor can vary tremendously with location.

For most of us in the veterinary field, radiation therapy is a mysterious treatment that occurs elsewhere or it is a modality that a family member or friend underwent. However, because it is so effective in treating people with cancer (and with the guidance of Dr. Google), more and more clients are asking about the use of this treatment in their pets.