College of Veterinary Medicine
Vilar Saavedra Lab
Led by Paulo Vilar Saavedra · Small Animal Clinical Sciences
What we study
The lab studies cancer treatments and early detection in dogs, focusing on liquid biopsies and nano-scaled vaccines. Their work involves clinical trials and advanced therapies.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Advancing Canine Health: Liquid Biopsy for Early Relapse Detection and Improved Treatment of Mast Cell Tumors
Using liquid biopsies to detect early cancer relapse in dogs with mast cell tumors.
A GD3 nano-scaled liposomal cancer vaccine for canine hemangiosarcoma
Developing a nano-scaled vaccine to treat hemangiosarcoma in dogs.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Spatial transcriptomic mapping of canine osteosarcoma reveals immune microenvironment features linked to survival
2026 · Communications Biology
Used a new tool to map gene activity in dog bone cancer to see how it affects survival.
- Multimodal Treatment of a Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Originating From the Thoracic Cavity in a Dog
2025 · Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Treated a rare, aggressive tumor in a dog using multiple therapies to see if it worked.
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- Longitudinal Assessment of QT Apex in Tumor-Bearing Dogs Receiving Doxorubicin Monotherapy
2025 · Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Tracked heart changes in dogs given chemotherapy to see if a simple test could predict problems.
- Septic Peritonitis Secondary to Neoplasia in Two Canine Cancer-Bearing Patients Lacking Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Organ Rupture
2024 · Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
Describes two dogs with abdominal pain from cancer, without signs of organ damage or treatment risks.
- Gene expression profile comparison of primary and pulmonary metastatic lesions in a dog with appendicular osteosarcoma and hypertrophic osteopathy
2024 · Veterinary oncology.
Compares gene expression in primary and metastatic dog osteosarcoma tumors to study how they cause hypertrophic osteopathy.
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