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06-02-2013, 09:21 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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| Mast cell tumor Grade 1 Dolly, 9, had a red bump on her chest for 5-6 years. Other vets had dismissed it. While in for teeth cleaning last week the vet said he was very concerned & he removed it, sent it in for testing & confirmed it was a Grade 1 mast cell tumor. He says it's recommended that 2 cm. around a tumor should be removed but in 3.5 lb. Dolly that'd be impossible. He still suggests going in again & cutting out more tissue from the area. The test results say: "In examined sections the mass is completely excised with a nearest clean lateral margin of 0.1 cm and nearest clean deep margin of 0.2 cm." "While complete (optimal lateral margins of 2 cm) excision may prove curative, these tumors do have the potential to recur locally if not widely excised." Does anyone have experience with anything like this? (Darn, why didn't he remove a little more to begin with? This "bump" looks exactly like photos of these tumors.) The whole tumor has been removed, how much is there to gain by removing just as bit more? (Seems to me between the skin & bone on her chest there's just about nothing to remove.) BTW, "removing more" involves x-rays, ultrasound, needle aspirations, all the lab work involved, plus the more invasive surgery. Even with additional surgery there are chances it will return, or has/will appear somewhere else in her little body. Dolly has always been the picture of health-it kills me to think there could be cancer problems in her future & I don't want to put her through unnecessary surgery. I don't want to be cheap, but is extra surgery really necessary? Have any of you had any experience/knowledge with this? Thank you so much for any advice you can give. Annie (& Dolly!) |
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06-02-2013, 10:27 AM | #2 |
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| Bless her heart. I don't have an answer but wanted to bump this up for you. I will pray you get the answer Dolly needs. Hugs!
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06-02-2013, 10:33 AM | #3 |
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| If you have not already, perhaps a second opinion might be in order. That being said, I do believe I would have him go back and remove more. It really is important to get a very clean margin around a tumor. As to why he did not...it is just not that simple. They do try very hard to do that, but sometimes they find after the biopsy that more should be removed. I am sorry you are faced with this...these decisions for our furkids are difficult.
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06-02-2013, 10:42 AM | #4 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | College of Veterinary Medicine Here is a good article on Mast Cell tumors. Read through it, you will see an option for radiology treatments. A second opinion is always good, go to a cancer specialist for it though; at least I would if my dog had cancer.
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06-02-2013, 11:00 AM | #5 |
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| I did not suggest radiation because of my personal experience. I know we are talking about a dog, but I recently completed radiation treatments and because the margins were "close" I had to have extra treatments. I was not advised of this until it was time for the extra treatments...needless to say I was not happy. They said that most people opt for the treatments, so they don't offer a surgical option....but that they will in the future. While it will not change anything for me, I am glad I spoke up. I would honestly rather have had the surgery. If I had a choice for one of my pups, I would choose the surgery as opposed to the radiation....there are side effects to it and while I realize there are risks with everything, I just would prefer the surgical option. Again, I would go for a second opinion; and agree with Gemy that it would be a cancer specialist.
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06-02-2013, 11:03 AM | #6 |
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| I am sending prayers for Dolly. I would get a second opinion as well.
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06-02-2013, 11:53 AM | #7 |
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06-02-2013, 11:57 AM | #8 | |
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Gosh, I've been thinking of all my options & didn't consider a cancer specialist. I need to find one in Las Vegas & I think that's what I'll do. Thank you! | |
06-02-2013, 11:59 AM | #9 | |
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| Poor you! I hope you're feeling well now. Thank you. Quote:
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06-02-2013, 12:44 PM | #10 | |
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But for the ones that haven't opened it yet, they will see it. We'll be praying for your little Dolly
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06-02-2013, 12:46 PM | #11 | |
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To find a specialist in your area, you can look on this site: American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine > Home
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06-02-2013, 08:56 PM | #12 |
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| Thanks ladyjane, I'll be on the phone tomorrow to try to see a specialist. |
06-03-2013, 12:00 PM | #13 |
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| I have an appointment for late June with a specialist. I'll update everyone then. Thank you for your support, Annie |
06-03-2013, 12:03 PM | #14 |
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| Good to see you got an appointment. Will keep Dolly in my prayers.
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06-03-2013, 12:18 PM | #15 |
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| Great! Please keep us posted.
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