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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2003mammary cancer
I've done my homework and adenocarcinoma seems hard to beat. Do any cats survive it? Any at ALL? Everything I've read says 1 to 3 years, but there must be some who are actually cured, right? My kitty is having a radical lateral mastectomy tomorrow & beginning chemo in a couple of weeks. Positives: what I thought was a small tumor (1 1/2 cm.), no lung involvement, no lymph node involvement, margins clear (but small), in excellent health otherwise (I know that means nothing, but it makes me feel better). So do I worry & watch or is there any hope at all? Or am I throwing my money away and making her miserable? She's a sweet thing, and I want her to make it! Good luck with your kitty's surgery and recovery! I just started lurking here because one of my cats also has mammary cancer and I wanted to get any information I could on it from people who have been through the same thing with their pets. My girl may not be doing as well as yours - her tumor is about 2 cm and there 'may' be some spreading to her lungs and bowels. The X-rays were not clear - either the cancer has spread or it's other things associated with being elderly. She's 15. She'll be undergoing an ultasound on Thursday, and hopefully that'll be more conclusive. From what I've read, your kitty has a great chance! Her tumor is small and hasn't spread. I believe some of the internet studies I've read say that if the tumor is less than 2 cm, the median survival rate is over 3 years. This may be a fairly low number just because the average cat that gets mammary cancer is already 10 to 12 years old. Our vet wanted to do just a lumpectomy - which makes me think I need to change vets! But, she's been great with my cats on other issues, so I'll wait and see what she says after the ultasound. I don't think there's any point do doing surgery unless it's a radical mastectomy (in my limited experience - based on what I've read!). Good luck with your girl's surgery tomorrow! I hope everything turns out well! Michelle > I've done my homework and adenocarcinoma seems hard to beat. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > money away and making her miserable? She's a sweet thing, and I want her to > make it! Thanks for the well wishes. My original vet did a lumpectomy too. I was uncomfortable with this and perhaps should have insisted on a radical. But the issue was that she wouldn't know if it was cancer until it was biopsied, and the radical surgery was perhaps beyond her. Meantime you can't connect with an oncologist until you know you have cancer, so it's a bit of a catch-22. I'll keep you posted. > Good luck with your kitty's surgery and recovery! > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > to > > make it! Betsy, So maybe it's not that uncommon for a vet to want to do a lumpectomy first. I was disappointed our vet wanted to do one instead of the radical. But my hubby thought the same thing that you said - that perhaps she didn't know how to perform the radical mastectomy. I'll find out more tomorrow, after Buswana's ultrasound. Like your kitty, she acts healthy - so I'm hoping for the best. Please do let me know how your kitty does with her surgery and recovery! I'll be thinking of you both today. I know it won't be a fun day for either of you! When my animals are having health problems, I worry about them even more than I worry when my human family is having problems. They're so defenseless! Well wishes for your kitty's surgery today! Michelle > Thanks for the well wishes. > [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > > to > > > make it! In alt.med.veterinary Shawn & Michelle <venetian@cox.net> wrote: > I just started lurking here because one of my cats also has mammary > cancer and I wanted to get any information I could on it from people > who have been through the same thing with their pets. You may find the following article interesting, I think Dr. Knight has had positive results with cats and dogs, in addition to horses... http://www.abqtrib.com/archives/cancer/060801_cancer_can2.shtml  Signature_o Kristofer Dale, _ \<,_ ragged individualist, _____( )/ ( )_____ statistic at large... p.s. Learn and live, http://www.vitaletherapeutics.org > I've done my homework and adenocarcinoma seems hard to beat. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > money away and making her miserable? She's a sweet thing, and I want her to > make it! I know of one kitty where it was caught early, treated, and she lived six years. She was older when she developed it (I think 10 or 11). Best of luck to you & your kit! -L. Thank you!!!! > > I've done my homework and adenocarcinoma seems hard to beat. > > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > -L. Have a look at the alternative 80% successful treatment for "breast cancer" in animals using acupuncture. http://users.med.auth.gr/~karanik/english/articles/apcancer.html >I've done my homework and adenocarcinoma seems hard to beat. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >money away and making her miserable? She's a sweet thing, and I want her to >make it! |
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