Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Survival times for dogs with oral plasmacytoma tumors
By Wright, Zachary M et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2008·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Survival data for canine oral extramedullary plasmacytomas: a retrospective analysis (1996-2006).
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Plain-English summary
A group of dogs with oral tumors was diagnosed with extramedullary plasmacytomas, which are a type of tumor that can occur in the mouth. Out of 16 dogs studied, 11 passed away with an average survival time of about 15 months, while 5 dogs are still alive. Those who had their tumors completely removed and received additional treatment lived longer, averaging about 138 days if they did not have surgery. Complete surgical removal of these tumors may lead to a cure.
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Abstract
In a 10-year period, extramedullary plasmacytomas (EMP) represented 5.2% of all oral tumors found in the dog (16/302). These 16 oral EMP comprised 28.5% of all EMP within the same time period. Eleven dogs died with a median survival time of 474 days. Five dogs remain alive at the time of this writing. Dogs without complete surgical removal of the EMP and no adjuvant therapy had a median survival time of 138 days. Oral EMP have a clinical behavior consistent with EMP arising from other tissues. They have no obvious correlation with multiple myeloma, and complete surgical resection may be curative.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18316443/