Cancer and Health Issue Contacts

Cancer Studies Support Team

These dedicated people have all been there, too. They can offer you support, information sources and mentoring should you wish your dog to participate in any or all of the on-going cancer studies.

Post to: FCR-Cancer-Support@yahoogroups.com and you will receive a reply from a team member as soon as possible, or contact one of the people listed below:

Gay Coffin jcoffin121@hotmail.com eastern time zone 203-595-9489
Vicky Nickerson seleya8@aol.com eastern time zone 781-837-1566
Shirleen Roeder shirleen.roeder@yale.edu eastern time zone 203-453-1494
Jennifer Stanley fowlplayfcr@verizon.net pacific coast time zone 425-868-0213

Cancer Study Contacts

Note: contact information is also available with the information on each study and with the vet instructions for each study.  

Molecular Cytogenetic Investigation of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Dr. Matthew Breen
Soft Tissue Sarcoma Project
NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine
CVM Research Building
4700 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone. 919-513-1467(office)/-1466 (lab)
Fax: 919-513-7301
Email: CVM_K9Genomics@ncsu.edu
Download the
Veterinarian Instructions

Genetic Analysis of Canine Histiocytic Sarcoma (Malignant Histiocytosis)

Cheryl London, DVM, PhD
VMAB Room 439
1925 Coffey Road
College of Veterinary Medicine
The Ohio State University
Columbus , OH 43210
Phone: 614-292-9554
Fax: 614-292-7599
E-mail: london.20@OSU.edu
Download the
Veterinarian Instructions

Malignant Histiocytosis in the Flat Coated Retriever

For Dr. Elaine Ostrander's study, contact:
Dana Mosher
Samples Manager, Ostrander Lab
CGB/NHGRI/NIH
50 South Drive , MSC 8000
Bldg. 50, Room 5347
Bethesda , MD 20892-8000
Phone: 301-451-9390
Fax: 301-594-0023
E-mail: mosherd@mail.nih.gov
Download the
Veterinarian Instructions

DNA Storage Project, Animal Health Trust, Great Britain
Animal Health Trust: Blood Sample Submission for Flat-Coated Retriever Research

We are pleased to let you know that the AHT are willing to store DNA from blood of Flat-Coated Retrievers for future investigations. At this time storage is a free service, in the same way that cancer tissue samples are used for research, so will the DNA samples. There is a possibility in the future that this will complement the cancer research done by Jane Dobson. As with tissue samples, the responsibility and cost of taking a sample are your, the owner. If your dog has had blood drawn at the national specialties or other Flat-Coat club events, your dog has already contributed DNA.  

AHT website: www.aht.org.uk
DNA Submission form: http://memebers.aol.com/vnickerson/ahtform.doc
Contact: Cathryn Mellersh US FAX: 011-44-1638-750794 Email: cathryn.mellersh@aht.org.uk  

Sharon Meyers Health Committee

Administers the Flat-Coated Retriever Health Database and oversees some of the studies funded by the Flat-Coated Retriever Foundation.  

Contacts:  
Judy Gladson, Chair
victoryret@aol.com

Mary Jo Gallagher
Sharon Myers Health Clearing House
mjgallag@southwind.net

Dave Bunde, Flat-Coated Retriever Foundation Liaison
dbunde@fredlaw.com

Shirleen Roeder, Cancer Committee Chair
shirleen.roeder@yale.edu

Other Studies Underway

Mechanisms for Hypercoagulability in Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia and Early Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Cynthia Otto DVM, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Phone: 215-898-3390 FAX: 215-573-6050 Email: cmotto@vet.uprnn.edu

Heritable and Sporadic Lesions in Canine Lymphoma and Osteosarcoma

Jamie Modiano DVM, PhD AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver CO
Phone: 303-239-3408 FAX: 303-239-3560 Email: modisnoj@smc.org