MU Comparative Oncology

The University of Missouri Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (VMS) invites applicants for two (2) Assistant or Associate Teaching Professors (non-tenure track) positions in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Service. Interested applicants please go to https://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/academic to view complete job posting and to apply online for Job 34301. The successful candidates will be expected to provide teaching and clinical service in the MU Veter...Continue reading

So proud of our students and their deep compassion.

Very exciting news for cancer and chronic disease research! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z85bOQ0pF6A

Inspiring story of overcoming cancer. This is why we at MU push the frontier forward in bone cancer. This young woman overcame that cancer to push the envelope into outer space! https://www.npr.org//the-skys-not-even-the-limit-cancer-su

This handsome boy graduated at the end of January. Keep kickin' cancer's tail, Hamilton!

We miss seeing Oscar, but are so glad he graduated and is kickin' cancer's tail!

Exciting day today as Roxy graduated from her treatment! Kicking cancer's tail!

A big day four oncology service and our trials coordinator Debbie Tate. After over 30 years at MU, Deb retired today. Thank you for all of your clinical, scientific, and service contributions to our service, university, and society!

This will help us test new therapies and treat cancers in our dog and cat companions.

https://showme.missouri.edu//veterinary-medicine-team-giv/

We love graduation day for our patients. Congratulations Wilbur!!!

Chemo graduation day for Zailee! Graduation days are always good!

Chemotherapy graduation days make us all happy! So happy for Abby the chemo graduate!

Dr. Nave leading the way for new facilities at the CVM!

Join CVM Assistant Professor of Oncology Brian K. Flesner, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology), for a webinar about osteosarcoma, immunotherapy studies for dogs, and the possibility of a trial for children with the devastating disease.

We enjoyed delicious treats on our annual Oscar the Dog Day! His mom helps many families with part of their bills in loving memory of her boy.

So proud of our radiation program alum!

We are thrilled with our new state-of-the-art linac!

We are excited that the official manuscript describing our ELIAS pilot trial has been released. The data from this trial were the basis for Fast Track Designation for a human trial of brain cancer. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvim.15852

Congratulations to our graduating intern, Sarah Saad on her transition to UC Davis for a radiation oncology residency!

We are very excited to announce the opening of our new Linac with cutting edge capabilities! http://cvm.missouri.edu/veterinary-health-center-acquires-/

Moving discovery forward for dogs and their humans is what we do. We are honored to have conducted this trial and are deeply grateful to the dogs and their families that participated. https://eliasanimalhealth.com//elias-animal-health-clinic/

Our own Dr. Shirley Chu devised a similar sequencing experiment to determine if feline papillomavirus contributes to oral squamous cell carcinoma in cats. https://www.sciencedirect.com//arti/pii/S0378113519309198