Canine transmissible venereal tumor
TUMORS MOST COMMONLY SEEN ON OR NEAR THE GENITALIA. THEY ARE VENEREAL, MOST LIKELY TRANSMITTED THROUGH TRANSPLANTATION OF CELLS BY CONTACT. METASTASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. SPONTANEOUS REGRESSION MAY OCCUR.
Canine TVT; Transmissible venereal tumor; Sticker tumor; Infectious sarcoma; Canine transmissible venereal tumour; Venereal tumors, veterinary; Sticker's sarcoma; CTVT; Transmissible venereal tumour; Sticker tumour; Canine venereal sarcoma; Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour; Canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT); Sticker sarcoma; Sticker Sarcoma
A canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT), also known as a transmissible venereal tumor (TVT), canine transmissible venereal sarcoma (CTVS), sticker tumor and infectious sarcoma, is a histiocytic tumor of the external genitalia of the dog and other canines, and is transmitted from animal to animal during mating. It is one of only three known transmissible cancers in mammals; the others are devil facial tumor disease, a cancer which occurs in Tasmanian devils, and contagious reticulum cell sarcoma of the Syrian hamster.