kate wrote:
On Sep 8, 9:01 pm, kate wrote:
Hello,
Our beautiful 11year old Mastiff cross has been diagnosed with Lingual
Haemangiosarcoma.
It appeared as a tumour on his tongue of which he has had a piece
removed. The pathology results proved the tumour was the primary, not
a secondary as first suspected by the vet.
Apparently he would still have the cancer cells floating around in his
blood, but a blood test won't show anything until it is too late.
I was wondering if any of you may have an idea of how we could purify
his blood, to slow down/kill the cancer???
We live in Cairns Australia and only have limited resources available.
For example an animal would have to fly to Brisbane to have
Chemotherapy.
We don't want him to suffer, but thought that you may know of some new
medication that could prolong his life while still giving him quality.
I must say since he has had the tumour removed he has had a new
outlook on life and is quite energetic and happy.
I found this website very helpful when he was diagnosed with an auto
immune disease 2 years ago. This may have been when he contracted the
cancer??
I look forward to a reply. Thank you.
Kate

Does anyone have a solution or an idea of anything we can do. We are
desperate to keep our beloved boy going. It has come as such a sudden
shock.
Kate

I'm sorry to hear about your dog; it's always hard when you get
this kind of diagnosis. My GSD was diagnosed with oral squamous
cell carcinoma at 7.5 and lived another 3.5 years, with surgery,
chemo and radiation. The treatments aren't as hard on dogs as
they are on humans; they use lower doses/body weight. But at the
time we lived 20 minutes away from a specialist vet hospital,
which had an excellent oncologist on staff. I don't know how we
would have proceeded if we'd lived far from a treatment facility.

Your dog's age is a factor, too. If Dylan had been 11 at
diagnosis, would we have opted to keep her comfortable but not
treat as aggressively? Again, I don't know, but I think that's
likely.

I think your best bet is to have a frank discussion with your vet
about your options, and to do some research yourself. If you
google on both "lingual haemangiosarcoma" and "lingual
hemangiosarcoma" you will find quite a few articles. (The second
one is the American spelling of hemangiosarcoma.)

I know it's tough, and I hope you find some answers.

FurPaw

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