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Discovering a loved one has cancer can be frightening and confusing…but what happens when it is the family pet who is suffering?  Since they can’t tell you their symptoms, detecting and treating your beloved animals can be tricky.  But as one local vet tells our Lu Parker in this Health Smart, a disease diagnosis doesn’t always mean death.

Lu Parker reports on the KTLA5 News at 10pm on July 8, 2015.

For more information on pet cancer treatments from Dr. Patrick Mahaney, click here.