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Preventative metronomic therapy for soft tissue sarcomas?
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Lancaster, PA
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30 July 2013 - 6:15 am
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Ok, I know I need to call my vet and schedule an appointment, but honestly he is pretty old school and didn't think chemo was the right path the first time I asked. I just need a sounding board right now... bouncing some ideas and questions.

1. Barret is a 4 yeard old mixed breed dog that had his front left leg amputated June 11 due to a large Hemangiopericytoma in his armpit/upper arm area. 

Surgeon thought she was able to remove enough tissue from the pectoral muscle to prevent regrowth, but it isn't out of the question that it could come back. 

3. I was initially told that chemo doesn't have much effect on this cancer, but my own research shows it can be effective in dramatically slowing the growth of soft tissue cancers. 

4. I'm terrified the tumor will come back. It will be inoperable if it does. Then what do we do? (I'm getting ahead of myself)

5. Should I look further into metronomic therapies before any regrowth occurs, or just keep a close eye on the site to watch for signs of regrowth before pursuing it (I don't know if its "safe" enough to put a potentially healthy dog on low dose chemo to prevent regrowth or if it would be better to wait until cancer actually presents itself.)

6. Say regrowth starts, I put him on metronomic therapy. How long are they on it? For life?

 

Thanks for being a sounding board to get all this out of my head!

Heather

Barret was diagnosed with Hemangiopericytoma May 16, 2013. Front left leg/scapula/pectoral muscle was amputated on June 11, 2013 and we've never looked back. Follow our story on http://barret.t.....pawds.com/ and read my column on That Pet Blog

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30 July 2013 - 7:21 am
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Heather, check out this interview with metronomics expert Dr. Biller. In it she discusses her Morris Animal Foundation study that helped pay for research on metronomic chemo for soft tissue cancers.

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30 July 2013 - 7:34 am
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Thanks Rene, I read the article last night, but just now listened to the interview.

What I took away from I should probably wait until a small tumor manifests itself before moving forward since metronomics are meant to help dogs live with Cancer as a chronic disease.

Thanks, Heather

Barret was diagnosed with Hemangiopericytoma May 16, 2013. Front left leg/scapula/pectoral muscle was amputated on June 11, 2013 and we've never looked back. Follow our story on http://barret.t.....pawds.com/ and read my column on That Pet Blog

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30 July 2013 - 7:36 am
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Well, a lot of oncos are also using it as a preventive too, before more cancer appears, it really depends on their own individual approach.

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30 July 2013 - 7:42 am
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So much to think about... I need to get an onco. Too bad none are very close to me. Going to have to travel. He's worth it, though.

 

 

 

 

Barret was diagnosed with Hemangiopericytoma May 16, 2013. Front left leg/scapula/pectoral muscle was amputated on June 11, 2013 and we've never looked back. Follow our story on http://barret.t.....pawds.com/ and read my column on That Pet Blog

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30 July 2013 - 9:40 am
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Sweet Hwather and adorable Barret! How 'bout posing the questin to Dr. Ettinger AND Dr. Dressler on the Dog Cancer Blog? Or setting up a phone cnsult?

Goodness knows we love you guys, but you're getting a little too carried away with doing posts with NO pictures! Reallh? What's up with that? :-) :-)

Sallly and Hapy Hannah

Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!


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30 July 2013 - 1:56 pm
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That is a tough call since many times these tumors can be slow to regrow.  You could consider just giving the NSAID part of the metronomic chemo for now and watch for regrowth or you could try something holistic but safe like Stasis Breaker or mushroom therapy.  If money is not an issue you could also have a CT scan or MRI done to see if there are abnormal tissue borders but that is pricey and might not change your options much.

Pam

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