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Oncology case study
LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IN A DOG WITH
GASTRIC ADENOCARCINOMA
Vivek Basu (vet and Aria鈥檚 owner), Andy Yale (Lecturer in Veterinary Oncology) and Sandra Guill茅n
(Lecturer in Veterinary Oncology)
ria, an 11-year-old rough collie, having sporadic episodes of abdominal with the combination of marginal tumour
was presented for investigation pain and retching immediately after eating. excision and chemotherapy may have
A into chronic vomiting and weight A repeat ultrasound of the abdomen contributed to it.
loss. Aria had a history of hypothyroidism, showed segmental wall thickening of In a recent study of dogs undergoing
which was well controlled. Haematology the small curvature and associated partial gastrectomy +/- chemotherapy,
and biochemistry on admission were largely pancreatoduodenal and cranial mesenteric the median survival time was 178 days
unremarkable. Total thyroxine, cobalamin, lymphadenopathy. and administration of chemotherapy was
folate, and ACTH stimulation tests were also These findings, together with the clinical associated with improved survival, but only
within normal limits. signs, were most compatible with tumour 7 out of 40 dogs