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"We are providing care, love, and a home for an 8½-year-old short-coatWheaten Terrierwhose elderly owner had to go to a nursing home. Ginger has skin cancer, which has manifested in a kidney-shaped tumor about 5 inches in length near the base of her rib cage on her right side. ...
Canine cutaneous mast cell tumors - the cancer in question - can appear small and insignificant whendogshave them, but while some are easily removed, others can lead to life-threatening disease, according to the FDA. "This cancer drug approval for dogs is an important step forward for veterina...
“Diarrhea is a common side effect of chemotherapy in dogs, which can be so severe that cancer treatment must be halted. Chemotherapy drugs often have potential side effects, but, unlike in human medicine where patients may be willing to tolerate some discomfort in exchange for a potential cure...
Another cancer treatment option for dogs is radiation therapy, which utilizes high-energy ionizing radiation to kill cancer cells. Radiation is a local therapy because it is used to target and kill cancer cells in the area being treated. Radiation therapy works by breaking down one or both stran...
"It's not a cure. I knew that going in," she said. "This is the best hope — to give her more time." If the experiment pans out, the treatment doctors are studying now in dogs may someday offer hope for people trying to beat this cancer, as well. ...
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There is, similarly, virtually no clinical trial literature in veterinary species evaluating artemisinin as a cancer therapy. A clinical trial investigating the related compound artesunate as a therapy for lymphoma in dogs has recently been published: ...
In companion animals, cancer is one of the most common causes of nonaccidental death. Pet owners are very aware of cancer in humans; therefore the healthcare team needs to approach pets with cancer and their owners in a positive, compassionati and knowledgeable fashion. Cancer cachexia is a ...
The treatment combination depends on the type of cancer. For lymphoma, the most common type of cancer in dogs, treatment usually consists of only chemotherapy. The average claim amount submitted to Veterinary Pet Insurance[2] for lymphoma is$479. Mast cell tumors usually are treated with only ...