Establishing a Standard-of-Care Control Group for Osteosarcoma Treatment Studies

Baseline data are an integral component of scientific experiments. Researchers use baseline data and control groups to eliminate and isolate variables and determine if a new treatment is truly effective. Researchers will enroll 80 client-owned dogs with osteosarcoma that will receive current standard-of-care therapy, which includes surgical removal of the tumor and chemotherapy. Data collected from these dogs ultimately will serve as a control group for future studies of osteosarcoma therapies.