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Liquid Brachytherapy Treatment for Osteosarcoma
22 November 2011
7:07 pm
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The vet school at Texas A&M recently performed a cutting edge surgery for osteosarcoma on an an 8-year-old Great Pyrenees named Rowdy. During this Liquid Brachytherapy treatment veterinarians used a special microdrill to inject radioactive cancer-fighting isotopes directly into the cancer tumor growing in the dog's front leg.

Read full story at TheEagle.com…

One lucky dog: Cancer treatment saves pooch's leg

 

Heard about this in the comments on todays Fully Vetted blog post discussing The Pain of Osteosarcoma.

"Dogs are born with three legs and a spare."
— Jerry G. Dawg (10/98-10/08)
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