Canine Cancer
Cancer diagnosis and treatments for dogs are becoming increasingly common .
Chemotherapy is used in dog health care treatment.
Doctors have recommended the following guidelines to help prevent cancer in pets:
Spaying or neutering dogs by 6 months of age.
Limiting dogs' exposure to flea and tick dips, asbestos, and tobacco smoke.
Keeping dogs off lawns that have been recently sprayed with herbicides.
Cancer medications for dogs include cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, piroxicam, and prednisone.
Bone cancer is unfortunately very common in dogs. Osteosarcoma is the type most often encountered. This type of cancer starts on the surface of the bone and progresses into the center.
The effectiveness of treatment depends on several factors, one of which is the degree to which the cancer has infiltrated the marrow space - the center of the bone. The treatment of choice is usually surgery to remove the tumor. Usually, the entire limb is amputated.
The outcome with this method of therapy depends primarily on whether immuno-modulation therapy is used to follow up the surgery. Without immune therapy, the surgery alone almost never results in a cure.
The cancer comes back in 99% of the cases. Unfortunately, chemotherapy does not work very well in these bone cancer cases.
Radiation can be a good option at times though, especially in reducing the pain.
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