Lymphoma

A: No. Cancers are not transmitted from pets to people, or for that matter, from one person to another. Cats infected with FeLV, the feline leukemia virus, are ...

Pano attacks one or more legs and may shift from one leg to another. Pano may be partially inherited, as it occurs most often in German shepherds and certain other breeds. Pano usually develops at 6 to 18 months of age, hence the name growing pains. These tumors, which appear on the canine’s genitals, face and occasionally elsewhere, respond well to chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The second contagious cancer is devil facial tumor, which is transmitted among Tasmanian devils when they bite each another. Cats infected with FeLV, the feline leukemia virus, are at greater risk of developing lymphoma than cats that were never exposed to the virus.