Posted by texaschic on December 21, 2007, at 9:54:05
In reply to Re: Thanks yall » TexasChic, posted by Kath on December 19, 2007, at 20:41:17
I have communicated with one of the oncologists (cancer dr.) at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine. She stated that this type of tumor is indeed very rare to occur in the spleen. It does occur typically under the skin or in the bone. Since they are rarely in the spleen, the way that they behave biologically is not well understood or predictable. She said that when they occur elsewhere, they are slow to spread, and do so via the bloodstream. She was guessing that it will behave in that fashion, but really does not know since there are no other cases to compare it to. Historically this type of tumor does not respond well to chemotherapy either. She anticipated spread to either lungs, liver, or other vascular organs to occur in a year. She said that long term prognosis was not good. If you are interested in referral to the college, let me know. Keep me posted on how he's doing. We'll see him next week for suture removal.
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All I really got out of that was he only has about a year left.
-T
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