Join me for our second part of my pet owner Q & A on dog mast cell tumors (MCT). We cover cytology, biopsies, how often to do diagnostics, chemotherapy, surgery, diet, supplements and vaccines too.
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@Blankjayr81813 жыл бұрын
LOVE that results can be reported sooner! Waiting a week to hear if your baby needs more treatment is the longest and hardest wait.
@ginagina143 Жыл бұрын
you are super awesome to share all of this info..so grateful
@DrSueCancerVet Жыл бұрын
Thank you!☺
@adamspiby23693 жыл бұрын
Hi Dr my 8 year old boy Heath a red staff has had a mass cell skin cancer removed from his groin, the vet said he got a good margin. All was a success for a month, he unfortunately due to his steroids good severe pancreatitis and agin we got him through this. 3 weeks ago around the wound it stated to harden and swell so we took him to the vets who said she wasn’t worried, now 2 weeks on they have said it’s migrated and now he has a lump 13 cm squared under his penis which is growing so so fast- we are mortified but he really remains in good spirits. My question is we are trying him on masivet medication and praying this will stop it growing any bigger. He isn’t insured as this is now his 3rd mass cell. We was hoping that it it shrinks we would be able to try the new drug stelfonta but this is a no go while it’s the size it is. Do you think I’m doing the right thing and helping? I cannot afford to get him chemotherapy or radiation therapy else I would. I’d sell everything I had if I could. Hanks for you videos and help you give to others. Adam and Heath
@margiegarcia-hall64553 жыл бұрын
My dog's tumor is on the right side of his face behind his nostril. Should I have it removed or start with radiation treatments?
@filaovcharka3 жыл бұрын
Excellent info . How can I contact you directly ?
@spiffyspaghettisquid5 жыл бұрын
One thing I am confused about...you say these tumors are very treatable but you also say depending on the aggression, the life expectancy is 4 months to two years. Are they not curable? Will my dog not live over two more years? He is only 5....😞
@theevanvotilla4 жыл бұрын
How is your dog doing?
@theevanvotilla4 жыл бұрын
My Chocolate Lab is 4.5 years old, thought he was happy and healthy. Got a MCT surgery on his lip a week ago. They didn't get the full margins. They found that it was a Stage 2 High Grade MCT. I'm going to see an oncologist tomorrow. Praying I can get the best information to treat him the best. He's my best friend.
@marikiemarie76224 жыл бұрын
Right. I see so many things that says its curable but then they say there is no cure.
@mjm7031 Жыл бұрын
I know this question / comments are from a couple of years ago, but thought I’d stick a note here in case people are reading it more recently and wondering. - The survival time of four months to two years is untreated. So if your dog has a mast cell tumour and you don’t do anything for it (no surgery, no chemo, etc), if they’ve got a high grade (fast growing) tumour, life expectancy is about four months; low grade (slow growing) is about two years. When you add treatments to that, you change the life expectancy. Secondly, there’s a difference between treatable and curable. - Curable - we can remove the tumour (and possibly add other treatments like medication or radiation) and there’s a good chance the cancer won’t come back. You can never guarantee this in advance, you always have to do follow up to watch for recurrence for a time afterwards. Best chance of a cure is always surgery first, with clear margins. And then if the cancer has spread to lymph nodes (showing that it’s starting to move elsewhere on the body), adding chemotherapy to kill those travelling cells. - Treatable - there are treatments we can use (surgery, medications, radiation) that can make a positive difference in how the disease progresses. For example: - A small, low grade tumour that’s completely removed has a good likelihood of being cured, even with no other treatment (ie may not need chemo etc). - A tumour that’s maybe small,Aube a bit bigger, and has spread to the lymph nodes (travelling cancer cells … think of dandelion seeds floating on the air) … we need to do surgery to remove the main mass (pull the mother dandelion), and give chemotherapy to kill the travelling cells. Depending on the type of cancer etc, there can be a very good chance of a cure, and we’re going to follow treatment up with watching and assessing regularly to make sure the cancer hasn’t come back. - A larger or more aggressive tumour, where there isn’t just evidence of cancer in the lymph nodes but we actually see growth of that tumour in other areas of the body (ie not just floating dandelion seeds, but some of those seeds have touched down and there are actual dandelions growing elsewhere), we know we’re not going to be able to cure it. That doesn’t mean we can’t do anything, though. There are treatments we can use (surgery, medications, radiation) that can remove some of the cancer and slow down the growth of the cancer so that we buy the dog more time. So for that high grade cancer that had a life expectancy of four months if we do nothing, we can maybe stretch that out to a year. Or the low grade one that had a life expectancy of two years, maybe that gets stretched out to 3-5 years. Can’t cure it, but we can buy time. Hope that helps for anyone who’s looking at the comments now. And I hope you all had valuable time with your pets. Mine is just in the diagnosis stage. I’m going for low grade, but it’s developed quite quickly, so I’m thinking that may not be the case.
@parampaul31512 жыл бұрын
Hello madam. My dog all body tumer now what I do. Tell me.
@marionelizabeth14 жыл бұрын
Can you tell me what I should feed my dachshund who had right front leg and shoulder amputation due to a mast cell tumor in the armpit. I'm concerned about carbs.
@ketopoweredk99213 жыл бұрын
ketodiet 100%
@letabranch74593 жыл бұрын
KetoNatural dry food is excellent!
@letabranch74593 жыл бұрын
The Farmer’s Dog and Ollie are also great wet foods.