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Key Facts

• Oral melanoma: most common oral tumor in dogs; highly aggressive and metastatic
• Skin melanoma: usually benign in dogs; often malignant in cats
• Nail bed melanoma: aggressive in dogs
• Signs: pigmented (dark) or amelanotic (unpigmented) masses in mouth, skin, or digits
• Treatment: surgery, radiation, melanoma vaccine (canine), chemotherapy
• Canine melanoma vaccine (Oncept) may extend survival
• Staging requires chest X-rays, lymph node evaluation, and abdominal imaging
• Species: dogs and cats