Great News!! For K9 Nasal Cancer!! For the entire medical journal please click link below: Display Settings: Abstract Send to: Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2013 Jan-Feb;54(1):89-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2012.01984.x. Epub 2012 Sep 24. Prospective evaluation of a 5 × 4 Gy prescription for palliation of canine nasal tumors. Tan-Coleman B, Lyons J, Lewis C, Rosenberg M, Ruiz A.Source Veterinary Cancer Group, Culver City, CA 90232, USA. [email protected] Abstract We evaluated the efficacy of palliative radiation therapy using 5 × 4 Gy given daily in 18 dogs with nasal tumors. Dogs with malignant nasal tumors were evaluated for response rate, response duration, and survival. Seventy-eight percent of the dogs achieved complete resolution of clinical signs, and 16.5% had partial resolution of their signs. Overall median response duration for all dogs was 178 days after one course of radiation therapy. Six dogs received a second course of therapy when their disease progressed using the same daily 5 × 4 Gy scheme, and all six responded for a median time of 129.5 days for an overall median survival time in these six dogs of 309 days. Based on these results, a radiation prescription of 5 × 4 Gy appears to be useful palliatively in dogs with a malignant nasal tumor. © 2012 Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound. PMID: 23002718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Publication Types, MeSH Terms LinkOut - more resources ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23002718
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