All Entries in the "Treatment Text" Category
Animal Cancer Update – Squamous cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma is a common cancer of the skin and mouth in dogs and cats. The skin form is typically the result, as in people, of excessive sun exposure, but not necessarily sunburn. Skin cancer is often best frozen or surgically removed, and your local veterinarian is often the best person to do this, [...]
Animal Cancer Update – Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Soft tissue sarcomas are a group of tumours that grow from connective tissues in the body. Often they don’t spread elsewhere but can be a problem due to invading very deeply. High-grade tumours can spread through the body, and the risk of this happening is best determined by submitting a piece of the tumour to [...]
Animal Cancer Update - Canine Osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma is the most common bone cancer in dogs. It most often occurs in a front leg away from the elbow, or a back leg close to a joint. It can also occur in bones of the spine or the skull. Because this is a serious disease that is rapidly fatal without correct treatment, your [...]
Animal Cancer Update – Melanoma
Melanomas are relatively common tumours in dogs, but rare in cats. In both species they can range in behaviour from benign (harmless) to malignant (potentially fatal). For many animals with a melanoma of the skin, surgical removal is curative. The most accurate way to predict the behaviour of a skin tumour is to have a [...]
Animal Cancer Update – Mast cell tumours in dogs
Mast cell tumours are the most common cancers of the skin and underlying (subcutaneous) tissue in dogs, despite being rare in people. Whilst the genetic abnormalities that occur within the cancer are well characterised, the causes are unknown. Breeds such as Boxers, Labrador retrievers and Staffordshire bull terriers are at much higher risk than other [...]
Animal Cancer Update - Breast Cancer in Dogs and Cats
Breast cancer, usually mammary carcinoma, is a relatively common disease in dogs and cats that have not been desexed before 2 years of age. Animals desexed at or before 6 months of age have the lowest risks. Around 5 out of every 6 breast growths in cats and half in dogs, are malignant. This means [...]
Animal Cancer Update - Tumours of the Canine Male Reproductive Tract
Testicular cancer
Fortunately, testicular cancer in dogs is usually much less aggressive than in man. For the majority of dogs, surgical removal of the tumour is curative. Whilst many people are uncomfortable with the idea of castrating a pet, we all have a duty to safeguard our pet’s health, and castration is kinder than cancer. In [...]
Animal Cancer Update - Lymphoma
Lymphoma is the most common cancer formed from blood cells that occurs in dogs and cats. However, the chance of any one dog developing this disease over any one-year period is less than 1 in 1000. This disease is similar to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in people, and has been called lymphosarcoma and malignant lymphoma. The different [...]
Animal Cancer Update - Haemangiosarcoma
Haemangiosarcoma is a cancer that forms from blood vessels. It most commonly forms in the skin, or internal organs such as the spleen or heart. In both dogs and cats, the internal form is very serious. Without treatment, most patients have a life span of days to weeks. The skin form can be aggressive in [...]
Animal Cancer Update - Tumours of the Female Reproductive Tract
Ovarian Tumours: These are uncommon in dogs and cats. Most of the tumours that occur in both species are cancerous and have spread by the time of diagnosis to other parts of the abdomen, as well as the lungs. Most of the time, the first symptom will be an enlarging abdomen. Sometimes, the tumours produce [...]
