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- noun A fast-growing, highly
invasive variety ofcancer , asarcoma arising from the lining ofblood vessels , occurring almost exclusively indogs and rarely incats .
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Examples
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It turned out she'd had a hemangiosarcoma (cancer of the blood vessels) in the right atrium of her heart.
One dog, remembered 2004
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It turned out she'd had a hemangiosarcoma (cancer of the blood vessels) in the right atrium of her heart.
May 2004 2004
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The vet ran a test or two, took some x-rays, and came back with a diagnosis of hemangiosarcoma (also often called the silent killer).
Ravine of Light 2010
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The project began with the study of hemangiosarcoma - angiosarcoma in humans - a cancer for which there are currently no effective treatments.
YubaNet.com 2010
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I lost my beloved Flash to hemangiosarcoma last September just short of his 12th birthday.
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About one in five golden retrievers contracts hemangiosarcoma, a rare cancer of the cells that form blood vessels, and about one in eight golden retrievers contracts lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system.
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010
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I lost my beloved Flash to hemangiosarcoma last September just short of his 12th birthday.
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They are looking for tumor and blood samples from dogs diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma and lymphoma as well as blood samples from healthy golden retrievers 12 year of age or older.
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010
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I lost my beloved Flash to hemangiosarcoma last September just short of his 12th birthday.
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Dickerson EB, Akhtar N, Lewis R, Auerbach R, et al. (2006) Biological and molecular characterization of a canine hemangiosarcoma-derived cell line.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Melissa C. Paoloni et al. 2009
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