Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Survival times for bladder tumor treatments in dogs including
By Molnár, Tamás & Vajdovich, PéterĀ·Published in Acta veterinaria HungaricaĀ·2012Ā·National Institute of Environmental Health Risk AssessmentĀ·View original on PubMed ā
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Original publication title: Clinical factors determining the efficacy of urinary bladder tumour treatments in dogs: surgery, chemotherapy or both?
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A group of dogs with urinary bladder tumors, particularly those with a type called transitional cell carcinoma, were treated with different methods to see which worked best. The study found that dogs who had both surgery and chemotherapy lived the longest, with a median survival of about 475 days, while those who only had surgery lived around 240 days. Dogs that received just chemotherapy survived about 31 days, and untreated dogs only lived about a week. The results suggest that combining surgery with chemotherapy is the most effective way to treat these tumors in dogs.
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Abstract
In a study of 44 canine patients suffering from histopathologically proven urinary bladder tumour with a high incidence of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) (n = 35), a close relationship was found either between the disease-free period and the age (r = -0.40) of animals or between the survival times and the age (r = -0.62) of animals after treatment. In addition to the dog breeds known to be prone to have urinary bladder tumour, we found an additional potentially sensitive breed, the Hungarian Vizsla. The median survival times obtained by the applied treatment types were as follow: 'surgery and chemotherapy' (n = 8/44) 475 days, 'surgery alone' (n = 19/44) 240 days, 'chemotherapy alone' (n = 7/44) 31 days, and 'no treatment' (n = 10/44) 7 days (P < 0.001). According to the findings, chemotherapy combined with surgery completed in time is the most effective protocol in the treatment of urinary bladder tumour cases in dogs. A rational and more effective procedure for the assessment and treatment of urinary bladder tumour cases is presented.
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