Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat lung cancer treated with surgery and chemo lived 27 months
By Lamolet, R et al.·Published in Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde·2021·Ecole Nationale Vé, France·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: [Long-term follow-up of a multimodally managed pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a cat].
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Plain-English summary
A 13-year-old female cat was diagnosed with a type of lung cancer called mucoepidermoid carcinoma. She underwent surgery to remove part of her lung and received chemotherapy to help manage the cancer. For over two years after her treatment, follow-up exams showed no signs of cancer returning. Unfortunately, she was later euthanized due to a different cancer, a soft tissue sarcoma, that developed in another area of her body.
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Abstract
The present case describes the treatment of a mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 13-year-old female sterilized European domestic cat, using lung lobectomy and -accompanying mitoxantrone chemotherapy. Six, 14, 19 and 27 months after the initial treatment tomodensitometric and radiographic examinations showed no abnormalities. However, the cat had to be euthanized 27 months after the lung lobectomy due to a soft tissue sarcoma in the interscapular area.
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