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…you for the warm welcome! What a great resource this site is. I've already torn through lots of chondrosarcoma stories and they're all really optimistic. I feel like we have a fighting chance, and if anything just a happy, pain-free life left for Pasha.

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I'm so glad you shared all the details of his story (you can never share too many here, because every story helps someone else down the line). Chondrosarcoma isn't too unusual here, but as you learned, the treatment really varies. I'll be really curious to see what the onco vets recommend for his therapy

…! My name is Ana and I'm one lucky owner of Pasha–the most handsome, goofy and adventurous 4yo English Shepherd. He was recently diagnosed with Chondrosarcoma (cartilage cancer) in his front left limb. I'm just writing you all to share our story, hear any advice you might have, and see if anyone here has…

…experience with Chondrosarcoma. Though it's a common cancer amongst pups, we've had a surprisingly hard time finding much information about it–especially in nonnasal cases. This…

…during the manual exam and his limp was not only one-off, but had improved. Days later, the cytology came back suggesting osteosarcoma or chondrosarcoma. Due to the serious bone mass he was missing in his front left leg and the high likelihood of an aggressive cancer, we all came to the conclusion…

…& Oncology

I think we all feel so much relief post-surgery, despite knowing this journey is just beginning. The biopsy came back confirming chondrosarcoma, but there weren't any lymph nodes present to detect active infection/give us more information about metastases. We've got three oncology…

…). We're not really sure what comes next. Of the studies and anecdotes I've read online, chemotherapy isn't really a common treatment for dogs with chondrosarcoma. If the cancerous lesion can be surgically removed, it seems to progress slowly, but really varies from dog to dog. On one hand, we could have lots

…my loving girl so I’m holding out hope that it’s anything other than osteosarcoma since the FNA came back as “consistent with sarcoma” with fibro and chondrosarcoma being given as other possibilities. They have a better life expectancy than osteosarcoma post-amputation so I’m holding out hope where I can.

…favoring R front paw in May of this year.  X-rays  and a bone biopsy were done the end of May as anti inflammatory meds didn’t help.  It showed chondrosarcoma and the vet suggested amputation.  We saw our regular vet the following week and he started steroid therapy.  This was not helpful and more X-rays

…cytological features of the lesion are synovial cell sarcoma, undifferentiated fibrosarcoma or neurofibrosarcoma, histiocytic sarcoma or less likely chondrosarcoma.

While we knew all sarcomas are bad, the report gave us some hope that it may be something less aggressive than an osteosarcoma, especially since

…a claim to get at least some amputation costs reimbursed by the vaccine manufacturer.

Vaccine Associated Sarcoma - Fibrosarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma
 

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My 4-year-old Golden Retriever had her left rear leg amputated in June 2023 and it was found to be Chondrosarcoma-Grade 2. This was surprising because many aspirations, cut-down biopsies, and an ONCOk9 blood test were negative (march-June 2023). The

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…of game to him. 

End of this week / early next week we will get the full pathology report, fingers and paws crossed that the initial low grade chondrosarcoma diagnosis gets confirmed...

One more 'positive' thing.. he got a Snoopy doll from a colleague of my wife to cheer him up. Normally he would

…seemed to have been due to soreness but maybe now also due to infection. 

Trevor (3 yo Goldendoodle) had a front forelimb amputation on 2/14 for chondrosarcoma in his proximal humerus. We're at three weeks post-op today and not quite where I thought we would be. Despite some hope and a bit of energy

…Winifred and I!!! 

Our very first Tri-day...

We: 

Are four and 10 months!

Are 9 months and 1 day post rear leg amputation

Fighting ChondroSarcoma (Oligiometastasis in Rib)

Happy as a Golden Retriever!!! <3

…Winifred and I!!! 

We are: 

-Four Years Old (Okay Four years and 10 months)

-9 months and 1-day post rear amputation

-confirmed Chondrosarcoma in Leg

-Working on getting rid of some Oligometastasis in our Rib 

-Happy as we can be

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…met with a rehab vet yesterday; Trevor is two weeks post op for a front forelimb amputation due to chondrosarcoma. 

Our vet recommended he also see a chiropractor; her practice does not currently offer that service, though they do bodywork as part of their

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…the February "Hoppy Hour" zoom the other day. (As a reminder, Trevor is a 3 year old Goldendoodle whose right front limb was removed on 2/14/24 for chondrosarcoma in the proximal humerus). On the zoom and elsewhere on this forum, I had brought up Trevor's concerning tendency to sleep a lot and to be difficult

…could you be at peace  and not second guess yourself if you just manage  palliative, manage pain, keep activity  to a low level.  It does sound like chondrosarcoma would be "better" than osteo, if that makes sense.  

I hate that anyone is having to face decisions on this journey, but for you to have the extra

…much much worse still. 

I will ask the vet about the cementoplasty technique. When we discussed limb sparing earlier he thought that though with chondrosarcoma he could be a candidate for limb sparing instead of amputation but that a. it often comes with complications and b. the combination of his heart

…if if you would like to speak with someone who can point you in the direction of a practitioner. And while I don't know if it can help with a chondrosarcoma tumor, it may be worth looking into if.

As for dogs not adapting, I can't recall any who just absolutely did not. Like Karen mentioned, those who

…to respond to your post about Dunkel; I don't know anything about the heart condition, but I also have a three-year-old dog (Trevor) with a chondrosarcoma diagnosis and understand the weighty decisions you're wrestling with. 

I'm still pretty early in this journey but can offer the following if it's…

…diagnosis, as it initially looked like osteosarcoma, and we considered not amputating despite his being only three. When they felt confident it was chondrosarcoma and slower moving, and his prognosis looked better, we learned all we could about amputation and made a pretty quick decision to do it. 

- He has…

…better rest. He has internal sutures, but we still want to restrict access of course. 

- We have been told he won't need chemo because of the chondrosarcoma diagnosis, but we'll get the histopathology report next week and know more from the limb they removed. Still a small change it could be

…investigation.  Since then he has had an X-Ray of paw and chest and also a biopsy of the paw. 

The x-ray and biopsy of the paw show he has chondrosarcoma though currently still pretty low grade, although the vet also cautioned us that even the biopsy is not 100% conclusive and it may be osteosarcoma or…

…a more malignant chondrosarcoma after all. I did not 100% understand the explanation of why they were not 100% sure but it seemed to be mostly because of his breed and that there

…last page link. I hope your vet is doing all the paperwork and has or will report this. Vaccine Associated Sarcoma - Fibrosarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma

I always think of Leo, but many members have the same hemipelvectomy surgery. Leo's blog LEO'S NEW LIFE ON 3 LEGS

I also helped someone local,

…also doing super cool things on three legs!

I'll try my best to answer your questions:

1. Does anyone know of a discussion thread specific to Chondrosarcoma?

There have been quite a few dogs with chondrosarcoma over the years. Yes, sometimes it does get mistaken for osteosarc, or vice versa. Chondro…

…went on to live a long, active, healthy life into old age. His original forums post is here.

Here are some Tripawds blog posts about dogs with chondrosarcoma.

 Is that length of off-leash walk with other dogs a realistic goal to work toward, or is he likely going to need shorter walks after this

… Gapaentin doesn't slow him down one bit.

So after a week of fearing the worst, we got the biopsy results. The diagnosis is NOT osteosarcoma, but Chondrosarcoma. So it's "good news" in that it's got a somewhat better prognosis, if we act fast, before it spreads. I guess it's a very small percentage of this…

…turn out to be "chondroblastic osteosarcoma" - we won't know until after his procedure I guess. But right now they feel pretty confident with the chondrosarcoma diagnosis. 

We will need to amputate the front right leg. He will not need chemo. We are relieved to have this news, and some hope, and a path…

…major change for such a young and active dog. 

I have several questions at this stage: 

1. Does anyone know of a discussion thread specific to Chondrosarcoma?

2. I hear positive stories of dogs rebounding quickly from this procedure, for the most part, but taking awhile to get endurance back up. I

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My 4-year-old Golden Retriever had her left rear leg amputated in June 2023 and it was found to be Chondrosarcoma-Grade 2. This was surprising because many aspirations, cut-down biopsies, and an ONCOk9 blood test were negative (march-June 2023). The

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…more lame and deteriorated 3 weeks ago to the point that a further scan was carried out and revealed the lump was now almost certainly a malignant chondrosarcoma and the only option was amputation of her whole right front leg to save her life. After much deliberation and upset she had the op on Friday 15 Sept

…the pathology results determined that is was a cartilaginous neoplasm, but could not differentiate between a chondroma, osteochondroma, or low grade chondrosarcoma. Is it typical to not be able to determine the exact type of neoplasm even after surgical biopsy? We have a surgical consult tomorrow and

…reason she cannot be happy.

We've had many cats here who lost a leg to an STS. See:

Vaccine Associated Sarcoma - Fibrosarcoma, Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma

and also

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Updated Three Legged Cat Book Offers Hope and Help for Cat Amputation
 

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