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1. Ketogenic Diet. Cancer cells rely on glucose for energy to grow. The ketogenic diet is a way to provide an alternative energy source to normal cells in the dog's body while starving the cancer ...
Dogs with this kind of cancer that have surgery usually only survive 3 to 18 months, depending on how advanced the cancer is when found (1). Squamous cell carcinoma: This is a good possibility ...
Allogeneic and autologous stem cell transplantations (as is commonly done in humans) have recently been shown to be a possible treatment option for dogs. [19] Most of the basic research on transplantation biology was generated in dogs. Current cure rates using stem cell therapy in dogs approximates that achieved in humans, 40-50%.
Lomustine is used as an "off-label" veterinary treatment for cancers in cats and dogs. [5] Clinical trials have demonstrated the drug's success in treating progressive lymphomas, mast cell tumors, and brain cancers. [11] [12] The chemotherapy has also been used to treat sarcomas and spinal cord tumors in these animals. [5]
Chemotherapy can boost tumor immunity in two main ways: (a) by killing cancer cells through immunogenic cell death, and (b) by affecting both cancerous and normal cells in the tumor environment. Despite this, many chemotherapy treatments can also suppress the immune system by causing lymphopenia or impairing lymphocyte function.
In about one fifth of the dogs with a mastocytoma, feeding instability, vomiting, tarry stools and anemia occur as a result of gastric or duodenal ulcers, [10] in autopsies such ulcers are even detected in more than 80% of patients. [18] About 80% of the dogs with such ulcers are euthanized due to poor general condition. [19]
Whether it's pigs, dogs, or cats, it takes a special person to care for an animal with special needs. These animals need extra attention, medical care, love, and financial consideration and sadly ...
In conventional chemotherapy, a dose close to the maximum tolerated dose is administered in a bolus manner to achieve cytotoxic effects on tumor cells. [5] However, the side effects are often significant as the cytotoxic agents also kill the fast-dividing cells normally present in the body, such as bone marrow cells and epithelial cells of the gastrointestinal tract. [6]