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Our Lab/Collie female, Lucky, had a golfball size osteosarcoma tumor come up on her front left paw within a 32 hour period. That was 2 weeks ago. We've opted to amputate because xrays show that it hasn't visably spread to her lungs and the bone is still in tact. The tumor actually moves, ever so slightly, side to side. It hasn't even attached to the bone yet. We feel this offers her the best chance of being free from the cancer.
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