I am excited to share my trip to Australia and introduce STELFONTA® (tigilanol tiglate)! What is STELFONTA® (tigilanol tiglate)? It is a new intratumor anticancer agent for mast cell tumors in dogs. It is isolated from the seed of Fontainea picrosperma, or the blushwood fruit, which is only found in the rainforest of Australia. It is a Protein Kinase C activator and stimulates rapid tumor destruction and site healing with good cosmetic outcome usually within 28 days. It causes direct oncolysis on the first day, then a tumor vascular necrosis and slough on day 4 and tumor destruction on day 7. There is a defect that heals typically without antibiotics and without bandage and intervention by day 28.

One of the most devastating things is finding out your dog or cat’s cancer has metastatic cancer, or that the cancer has spread. This is part two of Dr Sue’s series on treating metastatic cancer. Dr Sue shares some of her success stories and the different drugs used in the metronomic protocols.

How Long Can Dogs Live With Metastatic Cancer and Metronomic Chemotherapy? One of the most devastating things is finding out your dog or cat’s cancer has metastatic cancer, or that the cancer has spread. This is often to the lungs, but also to lymph nodes and organs in the abdomen. What are the treatment options?

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in people, but primary lung cancer is less common in dogs and cats. More commonly, we see cancer that has spread to the lungs, or metastatic cancer.

Pet parents often worry their dog or cat is too old for anesthesia. Another concern is if the pet has another medical condition, they should avoid anesthesia completely. This is a huge misconception that prevents many dogs from getting the surgery or procedure they need, like a dental cleaning.

In reality, fatal complications from anesthesia are very rare, regardless of their age or health status. Still, Dr Sue, too, was worried about anesthetizing for her own pet, and put off her dog Matilda’s dentistry and teeth cleaning. In this vlog, she talks about the pros and cons and anesthesia– especially in senior pets– including early detection of oral cancer.

How do we make the difficult decision to euthanize our pet? It’s the hardest decision and the hardest day, and we do not want to do it too soon or too late. In this video, I am joined by Dr Mary Gardner, co-founder of Lap of Love, who helps provide us some invaluable tips to make this heart-wrenching decision.

We cover assessing:

• our pet’s quality of life
• our pet’s personality
• our own beliefs
• 4 different budgets
• the joy of living lists