“Lucy” undergoes a “gamma scan” while under the compassionate care of Purdue Veterinary Teaching Hospital faculty and staff.

The scan is part of a new approach to cancer therapy developed by Purdue scientists.

The story of Lucy, the border collie with bladder cancer featured in a special report that aired on WTHR-TV, Indianapolis, Tuesday night (2/19/08), is indicative of the kinds of success achieved by cancer treatment (oncology) specialists at the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine.  Find out more about the Purdue Comparative Oncology Program at:  http://www.vet.purdue.edu/pcop/

For more information about the services available through the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, see http://www.vet.purdue.edu/vth/

For more information about the breakthrough cancer study that Lucy is a part of, see the Endocyte website at:  http://www.endocyte.com/technology.html

View the WTHR story here.

Purdue Veterinary Teaching Hospital experts confer over the results of the “gamma scan” conducted on Lucy.