Latest News - 11/02/09 Canine Cancer affects one out of every three dogs. Of those, over half of them will die of cancer. The National Canine Cancer Foundation is asking for your help to fund important research grants that are working towards improving those statistics. Through a major project funded by the National Institute of Health, the mapping of the genome sequence of the dog has been completed Knowing the mapping of every gene in the dog, gives researchers an advantage not yet achieved in humans.