Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Treatment options for aggressive testicular tumors in dogs
By Dhaliwal, R S et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·1999·College of Veterinary Medicine, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Treatment of aggressive testicular tumors in four dogs.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
Four dogs were brought in for unusual and aggressive testicular tumors. The usual treatment for testicular tumors is surgery to remove the affected testicle, which is often successful. In this case, all four dogs underwent surgery, and three of them also received chemotherapy with a drug called cisplatin, which is known to be effective for testicular cancer in humans. The combination of surgery and chemotherapy was used to tackle these aggressive tumors.
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Abstract
In this report, the authors describe four dogs referred for diagnosis and treatment of unusual and aggressive testicular tumors. For the vast majority of dogs with testicular tumors, orchiectomy is curative. All dogs in this report had surgical resection, and three of four dogs were treated with cisplatin chemotherapy. Cisplatin is widely recognized as the most active agent in testicular cancer in human medicine.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10416776/