Environmental Chemical Exposures in Boxer Dogs With Multicentric Lymphoma

A prospective case-control study published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine has identified a significant association between exposure to the volatile organic compound (VOC) benzene and the development of multicentric lymphoma (ML) in Boxer dogs. The study moves beyond epidemiological questionnaires by using direct biomonitoring, providing some of the most compelling evidence to date that an environmental chemical is linked to oncogenesis in veterinary patients.