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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2007Soft Tissue Sarcoma
One of our cats has just been diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma. He has a lump on his left front shoulder for which he is going in for a CT or MRI scan (hopefully) on Tuesday to see the extent of the tumour and to see what the surgeon feels regarding a clean & positive outcome of surgery. Does anyone in the group have any experience of this with their cat? Can anyone tell me what to expect? If the surgery is not 100% successful, chemotherapy has been mentioned. How do cats cope with this? Aslo, is it fair on the cat to put him through all this? Opinions please. He's 11 years old, we got him 3 years ago from Cats protection (UK). Thanks. I had a cat diagnosed with this about 10 years ago at age 9. It is my understanding that this is caused from the vacinations that they receive. The first surgery didn't get it all. She had about 3 surgeries in all - about a year apart each. The lump kept coming back. About 4 years later we had to have her put to sleep. Hopefully if they get it all during the first surgery, you will be ok. There was nothing else given to my cat - no chemo or radiation. Good luck. > One of our cats has just been diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma. He has > a lump on his left front shoulder for which he is going in for a CT or MRI [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thanks. > I had a cat diagnosed with this about 10 years ago at age 9. It is my > understanding that this is caused from the vacinations that they [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > given to my cat - no chemo or radiation. > Good luck. Thanks for the reply. How was your cat between the surgeries? Was she back to normal? Our cat has a pretty bad limp due to the location of the tumour, I'm hoping the limp will disappear after the lump is removed and he'll be pain free... Steven. She tolerated the surgeries better than I did!!! She was a real trooper! She did quite well between surgeries. We only did more surgeries because she did so well. Then, in about a year, the lump would be bugging her and she would bite at it. She always came home the same day as the surgery. The worst part of the surgery was that she would bite the stitches. But in 10 days they were taken out. I never tried that angel shield, or whatever they are called. That would have freaked her out. I would say to go for the surgery. See how you kitty tolerates it. I do believe that you will be giving your kitty some extra time. If this is what you decide to do - please keep us informed on your progress. > > I had a cat diagnosed with this about 10 years ago at age 9. It is my > > understanding that this is caused from the vacinations that they [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Steven. > She tolerated the surgeries better than I did!!! She was a real > trooper! She did quite well between surgeries. We only did more [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > kitty some extra time. If this is what you decide to do - please keep > us informed on your progress. Thanks, I will do. Your posts have given me some much needed hope after the doom and gloom I'd been suffering from since Friday. Thanks, Steven. My cat had a fibrosarcoma on her leg (not from injections). She was 17 at the time. My vet did not prescribe surgery due to her age and the fact that they often recur. She had a good quality life for months and then I had her euthanized when the tumor was quite large. Gail > One of our cats has just been diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma. He has > a lump on his left front shoulder for which he is going in for a CT or MRI [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thanks. This may seem like a drastic measure but is amputation a possibility? I had a cat who developed a giant cell tumor on her hind leg 3 months after a vaccine. The only treatment was amputation. In her case it worked she's now 9 years old and doing fine. Celeste > One of our cats has just been diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma. He has > a lump on his left front shoulder for which he is going in for a CT or MRI [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thanks. > This may seem like a drastic measure but is amputation a possibility? I had > a cat who developed a giant cell tumor on her hind leg 3 months after a > vaccine. The only treatment was amputation. In her case it worked she's > now 9 years old and doing fine. > > Celeste The initial thoughts of the vet was that it was a bone tumour and amputaion was talked about then. However, after further tests it was revealed as a soft tissue tumour. I guess we won't know until after the scan whether amputaion is an option, the tumour is pretty close to the joint at the shoulder so it may have roots into the body. Despite an amputation being a drastic measure, it seems that had it been a bone tumour then amputation would most likely have been a cure! Steven. |
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