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Originally Posted by dwerten  ok finally got it the cancer was
Hemangiosarcoma
so what do you think?
i just read this sounds like it could be vaccine related to me?
There is no known cause of hemangiosarcoma in other locations. In humans, exposure to certain chemicals such as vinyl chloride has been implicated as a cause. |
the first thing i think of when i hear Hemangio is the spleen. I'd see a lot of splenic masses that came back as hemangio. it was usually in older dogs (6-7 and up) and the mass was fairly large by the time the owners discovered it or the pt exhibited symptoms.
I don't know if dermal hemangio can be vaccine related. I've heard it could be sun related on white haired dogs but i'm not sure. I don't recall what types of cancer we removed from the skin besides mast cell. There were plenty of giant tumors on and under the skin that were quite nasty but i don't remember what kind they were.
Before chemo was done did the vet suggest removing the limb? sometimes with dermal hemangio the mass will come back after removal even with chemo. So the best course of action in some cases is amputation (limbs only obviously) and then chemo.