Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Radiation treatment for partly removed grade II mast cell tumors
By Poirier, Valerie Jasmine et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2006·Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Radiation therapy for incompletely excised grade II canine mast cell tumors.
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Plain-English summary
Forty-five dogs with grade II mast cell tumors that were not completely removed by surgery received radiation therapy to help prevent the cancer from coming back. The treatment involved 15 sessions of radiation, and while some dogs did experience recurrence or develop new tumors, the overall survival rates were similar regardless of whether they received additional radiation to nearby lymph nodes. This suggests that radiation can be a helpful option for managing these tumors after surgery, but it doesn't guarantee that new tumors won't form.
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Abstract
Forty-five dogs with incompletely excised grade II mast cell tumors were treated with radiation using a cobalt 60 teletherapy unit (15 fractions of 3.2 Gy for a total of 48 Gy). Twenty-four of the dogs underwent prophylactic regional lymph node irradiation. Three (6.7%) dogs had tumor recurrence, two (4.4%) dogs developed metastasis, and 14 (31%) dogs developed a second cutaneous mast cell tumor. No difference in overall survival rate was observed between the dogs receiving and not receiving prophylactic irradiation of the regional lymph node.
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