Fido’s friskiness means male dogs are more likely than females to get a certain type of cancer. Canine transmissible venereal tumors, or CTVT, are spread between dogs by skin contact, as cancer cells ...

One of the strangest living things on the planet started as a dog, but has turned into something else entirely. It originated somewhere in Asia about 6,000 years ago, when a cell in the genitals of an ...

High in the Himalayas, a heavy-coated dog trots behind the hem of a Buddhist monk’s robes. On the streets of Panama City, another dog collapses into a sliver of shade, escaping the heat of the midday ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Dogs can contract cancer by doing one of their favorite things: ...

Scientists have shed new light on the fascinating beginnings of canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT), an infectious cancer that is spread exclusively between dogs. CTVT is a cancer specific to ...

Dog recovered from CTVT. Katherine Polak/ FOUR PAWS, Author provided (no reuse) Normally we don’t think of cancer as an infectious disease – but what if we told you there is a contagious cancer, ...

Cancer can apparently spread by sexual contact, at least in dogs. The extremely rare type of cancer called canine transmissible venereal tumor, or CTVT, affects only dogs and is the world's oldest and ...

A new study has revealed that the oldest and most widespread cancer cell line in the world is the contagious dog cancer called CTVT. This is among the few transmissible cancers. The canine ...