Cancer treatment in dogs?

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Morning, I took my dog to the vets last night because he has swollen glands around his throat, the vet has taken a blood sample and she thinks he has cancer of the lymphnodes (sp???) Has anyone seen a dog through the treatment and whats involved? (Think I was just too stunned to discuss with the vet last night!)

My dog is bouncing boisterous 11 year old Dalmatian and I don't know if I want him going through the treatment if its the same as humans. I figured I need to find out more and start preparing myself.
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No one ever believes he's the age that he is because he runs round like a pup!
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My friend at college had a boxer who had cancer - he had two sessions of chemotherapy (given via tablets) which gave him a good quality of life for about a year longer. Unfortunately in his case the cancer returned and he was eventually PTS, but it was a relatively 'easy' treatment (if you can have such a thing
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) and meant he was happy enjoying his walks etc for a lot longer than it was originally expected
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http://www.vetspecialists.co.uk/

Bumble Dog was refered to this place, and she is still with us and bright as a button! She has Chemo every five weeks and seems to suffer no ill effects at all. The only side effect we had was when she was on steroids she gained a 'little' weight, was constantly hungry and thirsty and her hair stopped falling out so she was very fluffy!!!!

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our bull mastiff had swollen glands in November, she was diagnosed with lymphoma, and is currently on chemo.
She had eight weeks of weekly injections at the vets with tablets that I give her at home,now she is on fortnighty injections for 8 weeks and then the vet will decide what to do then.
She has not really had any ill effects from the treatment other than being tired.
Initially she lost abit of weight but has now put it back on.
Since going onto fortnightly treatments she has had more energy and we have been able to take her for walks.
The vet did tell us that we had spotted the lumps earlier than most people as she was a short haired dog and not overweight so hopefully you will have noticied them early too.
We are not sure what the long term prognosis is, apparently some dogs do go into complete remission while in others the treatment just prolongs their life by a year of so.
Maisie is not quite 8 yet so it was abit of a shock but we are hoping for the best and she is still enjoying life, altough not too impressed with the rain today!

Your dalmation is beautiful,good luck to both of you
Liz & Maisie
 
Thanks Liz and Maisie, I'm hoping the blood test results will be in today. I'll post more when I know.

The worst bit is knowing that its down to me to make that damn decision of life or death! I kind of thought my dog would live for ever in a silly way!
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