In veterinary oncology, chemotherapy is often recommended to control a pet’s cancer, prolong survival and maintain a good or even excellent quality of life. What risks should clients know about, and what can they expect during the process? This client handout contains insights from Dr. Sue Ettinger, or “Dr. Sue Cancer Vet,” as her clients call her. Download it now.
Sue wrote this piece, Cancer is Not A Death Sentence for Veterinary Team Brief.
Sue and DVM 360 present a useful handout to help answer veterinary client questions about this form of cancer treatment. Click Here to download.
I messed up. Big time. I missed a tumor in my own veterinary technician’s dog. I failed Smokey and Amanda. How could I, a cancer specialist, have missed this tumor?
Smokey was my inspiration for a new cancer awareness program called See Something, Do Something. I am on a mission to help us all detect tumors earlier—whether you are a veterinarian, a veterinary team member or a pet owner.
Dr. Sue recently wrote an exclusive article for Today’s Veterinary Practice, a publication of the North American Veterinary Community, entitled Clinical Insights A Cancer Diagnosis Is Not a Death Sentence.
Learn more about Dr Sue's early cancer detection program at WhyWaitAspirate.com
On The Pet Cancer Vet Dr Sue Ettinger takes pre-arranged calls from pet owners with a dog or cat with cancer to give information, support and hope. Click here to listen on The Radio Pet Lady Network.
Looking forward to another amazing Fetch dvm360 conference, this time in Kansas City! I'd love for you to stop by one of my sessions tomorrow at #fetchdvm360!
🚨Sneak Peak for my latest vlog 🚨
🔶 If you were just told that your dog has a mass in the spleen, you need to watch this video.
🔶 You can watch the full video here: youtu.be/iz5yiNW_XeM
✔️ No, not every mass in the spleen is hemangiosarcoma.
✔️ No, we cannot tell on ultrasound or at surgery what the mass is.
✔️ So we need to go to surgery and wait for the biopsy.
✔️ I will review the double two-thirds rule for masses in the spleen for dogs.
✔️ I will give you tips on when we can be more suspicious it is hemangiosarcoma in your dog, and when it is less likely.
✔️ And I will discuss some of the OTHER cancers and benign masses we see in the spleens of dogs.
✔️ And in part 2 & 3, I will discuss more on hemangiosarcoma symptoms, testing, treatment, and prognosis.
😡 Cancer sucks! But it does not mean I do not love my job.
🥰 And I am in love with my new patient Daisy
😡 But I hate that she has lymphoma. You see, I have a love-hate relationship with lymphoma.
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* I love that lymphoma is a treatable disease
* I love that remission rates are high (90-95% with CHOP multi-agent chemotherapy)
* I love that treated dogs live much longer with treatment than without.
* I love that chemotherapy is well tolerated - really!
* I love that most dogs don’t have side effects from chemotherapy and if they do they are mild, so they also live well - even while on chemo!
* I love that there are many chemotherapy protocol options if the CHOP one is not right for a family.
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* BUT I hate that dogs get lymphoma.
* I hate how rapidly the onset of the cancer is, sometimes just days
* I hate how quickly dogs succumb to the cancer without treatment (usually 1 month)
* I hate that treatment with chemotherapy is expensive and requires a lot of visits because CHOP chemo is weekly.
* I hate to see the stress and sadness that families go through and deciding what to do.
💜 But I do love my job!! I love treating pets with cancer. I love how well they tolerate chemo and the good to great quality of life they have even during chemo. I love how happy they are during treatment and after. I love how happily their families are that they decided to treat. I love getting to know the families, and that their family becomes my family.
👩🏼⚕️ I do hate cancer, but I love my job
Need more info? Check out my lymphoma & chemotherapy playlists on my YouTube channel
