Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Prognosis for dogs with nonlymphomatous, small intestinal tumors treated by surgical excision.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
- Year:
- 1998
- Authors:
- Crawshaw, J et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Veterinary Surgery · United States
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
This study looked at 39 dogs that had surgery to remove small intestinal tumors that were not lymphomas. On average, these dogs lived about 10 months after their surgery, with around 40.5% surviving for one year and about 33.1% for two years. The type of tumor, whether adenocarcinoma or leiomyosarcoma, did not affect how long the dogs lived after surgery. However, dogs that had signs of cancer spreading at the time of surgery had a much shorter survival time, averaging only 3 months, compared to 15 months for those without signs of spread. Overall, the findings suggest that the presence of metastases at surgery significantly impacts survival.
Abstract
Long-term follow-up information was obtained for 39 dogs that had undergone surgical excision of nonlymphomatous, small intestinal tumors. For all dogs evaluated in this study, the median survival time was 10 months, and the one- and two-year survival rates were 40.5% and 33.1%, respectively. There was no difference in survival times between dogs with adenocarcinomas (n=23) and dogs with leiomyosarcomas (n=16). Survival times were significantly (p less than 0.0001) shorter for dogs with histological evidence of metastases at the time of surgery (median, 3.0 months) than for dogs with no histiological evidence of metastases (median, 15.0 months).
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