Also called: Animal Cancer Specialist
Treats cancer in pets with chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy.
Gives chemo to dogs (who rarely get as sick from it as people do), explains options to worried families, and helps pets get more good months or years.
Estimate; board-certified specialists typically earn well above general-practice vets.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 13 years after high school. Bachelor's, 4-year DVM, a 1-year internship, then a 3-year oncology residency and board certification.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Animal Science, Biology, Pre-Veterinary, Zoology.
Growing much faster than average (about 10% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. AI aids tumor diagnosis and drug choice; planning chemo, handling patients and guiding families through hard options stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Psychology, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1131.
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