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Can turmeric shrink my dog's benign tumor? What's the science?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Dachshund | Male | neutered | 6 years and 11 months old | 16 lbs

Is it true that giving my dog turmeric will shrink his benign tumor? I just started giving it to him....

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Answered By Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on May 29th, 2019

That unfortunately has not been scientifically proven and as far as my knowledge goes there are no current studies about it. If you can give us more informations about the benign tumor we can answer in more details with possible treatment options. Some pics would be very useful as well.

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