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Does sex of the animal impact response to therapy?

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    November 7, 2024 1:36 PM EST

    This question was asked during Session 3 of the Pet Cancer Summit:

    Does sex have any effect on cytokine sytemic toxicity or alter the therapeutic window?

    Answer (provided by Jeffrey Bryan, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM (Oncology)):

    There is some evidence that sex is an important variable, particularly in response to immune therapy of brain tumors, in people. This is less well understood in dogs.