Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment Options for Dogs: Vlog 113

[@nielspaulin2647]

EXCELLENT INFO.

[@siyoonyang]

I should have seen this Video half a year ago...

[@alyssej.6046]

Hi Dr. Sue! Thank you for all these videos and what you do. Does this information in dogs translate similarly to cats?

[@19Ter67]

I just found ur channel today. My 3rd Corgi I adopted from the shelter in January had a tumor on the side of his mouth that I found on Saturday. He went to the vet Monday, he drew a sample. Vet told me he saw abnormal cells. Said he needs to have a biopsy on Monday. I am scared for my baby. He’s only 3 years old. I’m spinning my wheels trying to figure out what I can do.

[@ginaanderson9333]

Hi Dr Sue, My Bernese Mountain Dog looked exactly like the one in this video. He had a grade 1, stage 1 soft tissue sarcoma the size of an egg on his left front lower leg in December 2017 removed. I was told they got it all with good margins and no need for further treatment., or follow up, then in August 2019 it was found he had a very large abdominal hemangiosarcoma and I was forced to have him put to sleep. I am still devastated 6 months later. Could the abdominal tumor be from the first tumor metastasized?

[@cassholeho]

I'd like to know more about targeted therapy for my dog with soft tissue sarcoma. He's not a candidate for surgery due to his age and size but he just started palliative radiation. Which has been effective. I opted not to do a full biopsy though with his response to radiation I'm considering it so I can put him in targeted therapy. What are the results of these TKI s on STS? Are there certain genetic mutations that are normally in STS? So I could, without getting the biopsy whiddle down which TkIs would be potential viable options. I'm trying to go into this conversation more informed and quickly

[@marionelizabeth1]

My 12 yr old female dachshund was just diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma in her right front leg, against the chest. The vet is talking about amputation. It is absolutely necessary everytime or will radiation after tumor removal be an option? The vet is not sure what to do himself, very unsure sounding when we spoke.

[@egegokdenizduman]

you can still get rid of it by radiation teraphy or chemoteraphy. but there is a chance that it cant work too. also fibrosarcomas have a high reaccurance rate. why take the risk.

[@SvintMvrcus]

Dr Sue. My dog has an MCT on the back of the ear right below where the ear and his head meet. The doctors are giving me the option of just removing the mass or to amputate the ear pinna. What should I do ? He’s had it for at least since December.

[@DrSueCancerVet]

HI there. I cannot make specific recommendations on your dog's MCT but please check out my vlogs on MCT. Here is the MCT Playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLvGBJ56IQLG_9s6FZC3U50DwnlYBJbjjG Hope that helps. You might also want to consult a cancer specialist in person. Good luck!

[@continentalinsuranceagency9055]

Do you feel that a dog 12 years or older are candidates for cancer surgeries? I’m asking because a lot of people are telling me I’m crazy if I put my 12 year old dog thru this. I was told to leave him live his last years alone. It made me feel undecided 🤷‍♀️ I want the best for my dog but now I am unsure if older dogs are candidates.

[@continentalinsuranceagency9055]

My dog is a american staffordshire terrier

[@marionelizabeth1]

My 12 year old dachshund was just diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma, and I have asked myself this same question.

[@StevieLWeisend]

@@continentalinsuranceagency9055 What did you do? I'm in the same situation

[@alicet5123]

My dog is 11 and needs surgery in his neck

[@ResQmomKim]

My 12 year old rescue has just had her third cancer surgery this year😔 She also has Cushing disease. First liver cancer, then two different soft tissue sarcomas. One on her chest, this one on her back leg. She is doing amazing 2 days post op. But I am worried that they were unable to get clean margins this time. So we’re praying.

[@sunjuchoi5011]

Would it be the same 3 cm margin in dog with STS in mouth? My dog with grade I of STS had a surgery one month ago but it seems it grows again now. It is visible and she is lethargic presently. I am considering 2nd surgery because it is hard to have a radiation therapy in my country. In this case, would it be OK to go ahead 2nd surgery with Chemotherapy?

[@aleant9227]

Starry has a sarcoma on her shoulder. She has had surgery twice. They took deep margins but it has grown back. Her sarcoma is very very hard though. Even if they amputated it would grow back in the shoulder. It is solid like a baseball. Is there anything else we can do other than watch her suffer?

[@angelcangas4653]

How much was the surgery

[@kimberlymorrison1476]

My Golden has endured multiple surgeries on her upper thigh for a STS (liposarcoma-intermediate grade). We have had it removed 3 weeks ago ( a very large tumor) by a board certified surgeon, my regular vet did not want to touch it and did not recommend a alternative other than pain management. I felt that was not enough, so i had to do my own research and found a board cert internist that worked closely with the surgeon. But unfortunately by the time we could get her to surgery the mass had really increased and possibly compromising a lymph node. We could not do an amputation due to the dogs conformation. We are going to start metronomic therapy this week. What are your thoughts on the type of chemotherapy, the internist is recommending Leukeran with options later to add palliative radiation.

[@jfresh2054]

Wasnt this very expensive?? Radiation is 3k plus here. I'm also 2 surgeries in with my golem

[@Mr.Norm1739]

Did surgery on 12 year old pup with low grade mass but got incomplete margins on lower back leg. Doc is recommending chemo over radiation due to her age...just trying understand if the process is that rough on her to not do radiation

[@cassholeho]

I'm doing palliative radiation because surgery is not an option for my old metastatic dog. It has been really successful. He's turned around and is feeling much better and is more mobile. The total cost after ct scan and radiation is about 4600

[@Michelle-tp1wu]

Do you have any experience with a liposarcoma in a cat in a rear hind leg? I can't seem to find much data about treating these. Pathologist graded it under the canine scale.

[@breannaparra7271]

My cat had a fibrosarcoma on her hing right leg, she recently had to get it amputated. It was due to vaccine, it’s very rare

[@falconxvid]

what is the cost of all this , is this serious ????

[@alicet5123]

Radiation is extremely expensive.

[@cassholeho]

My drugs radiation alone was about 2500. With the ct scan which you need to do the radiation it's a total of about 4500

[@cassholeho]

*dogs

[@angelcangas4653]

What is the cost of a surgery 🤔

[@cassholeho]

Every surgery will be different. With my dog it was estimated at about 4g for the surgery. He was but a good candidate though as it turned out to be metastatic. He is large and old so amputation and extensive surgery wouldn't have been good for him with his recovery time cutting into his quality of life since hes only estimated to survive at most 6 months. The palliative radiation which we are getting is about 3g.

[@goambi]

I paid approx $3,000 for surgery removal for my pup. I’m in Southern California.

[@ms.gwendolynpittmantharpe9817]

This is a leg of a human, not a dog, lady. Mrs. Gwendolyn Pittman Tharpe,