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 Need some information. About a month ago our cat developed  what appeared to be a nail injury. Had some blood and swelling. Vet started on antibiotics within 3 weeks our cat lost the nail and had swelling the size of a nickel on rear toe. Vet x-rayed and it showed a mass. The vet amputated the toe. Report came back today as squamous cell ca. Our vet did not give us a very good prognosis. Doing some reading though it seems that ungual ca is usually not very aggressive and rarely metastasizes (sp?). I am been hopeful or is the vet being overly cautious? Thanks.

 I will be frank.  Squamous cell ca is not a good one to have.  I had a dog that had one on his lip and despite referral to a veterinary university and chemotherapy it spread to the lymph glands in his neck and the outcome was not good.

 As it's on a limb, maybe it could have a better outcome e.g. higher amputation.
 I don't know if this is so, as I'm not a vet but perhaps there is better hope for a sq,cell.ca on a toe than on a face.
 Lots of luck and purrs sent that your kitty will be ok.

 Tweed

 Oh, btw, please send your messages to the group in plain text not HTML.

Twice now, you've written "ca" instead of cancer. What's that about?
 Need some information. About a month ago our cat developed  what appeared to be a nail injury. Had some blood and swelling. Vet started on antibiotics within 3 weeks our cat lost the nail and had swelling the size of a nickel on rear toe. Vet x-rayed and it showed a mass. The vet amputated the toe. Report came back today as squamous cell ca. Our vet did not give us a very good prognosis. Doing some reading though it seems that ungual ca is usually not very aggressive and rarely metastasizes (sp?). I am been hopeful or is the vet being overly cautious? Thanks