This is a wonderful place. You wish your own doctors and support staff were as friendly, helpful, and responsive. Dr. Sue Dougherty was our primary vet; Dr. Parchman was our surgeon; Dr. Nicholson helped Rem over the Christmas holidays; others have helped as well.
Information on various animal medical research projects, including the study that resulted in the creation of the canned Hills N/D food that Remington ate for a while.
Another dog-cancer research organization with useful info.
Friends' dogs with cancer
Sparky's cancer page: Sparky was a friend's dog who also had cancer and who far outlived the original prognostications. Her cancer pages and diary predated ours by a long shot. She died only three days before Remington.
Tanith's page: Tanith was diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma on the spleen about a month after Remington was diagnosed. Also had an operation and chemo. She died about a month after Remington.
Various sources of cancer information
A good detailed description of hemangiosarcoma:
Go here and scroll down a bit until you get to the text "Hemangiosarcomas are a form of cancer which originates..."
Note: Lots of Q&As on this site; whole site has tons of dog medical info.
Article on cancer diet
From Dog Fancy magazine online, quotes from a couple of experts about special diets and supplements. Dog Fancy Dec 2002 hardcopy also had an article on cancer in dogs.