Penile cancer

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My friend discovered a problem with her 15 year old geldings penis a couple of weeks ago. He had a cluster of wart like lumps on it (it is not a sarcoid). She had the vet on wednesday who has taken a bioposy and is now awaiting the results. The vet has suggested that it could be cancer. He is hopeful that it has not spread but has talked about amputation.
Has anyone been through a smiliar thing and what was the prognosis?
Thank you
 
My old cob had it, the vet decided an op would not be a good idea as he had various other significant problems, he was PTS earlier this year at about 25 years old.

A friend's horse also had this, had the op in his mid teens, and was finally pts due to the cancer in his early twenties.

I believe the op is very successful and quite common.
 
A friend's pony had the same problem. I don't think it was treated as such and nature was simply left to run it's course. I think he lived for about 10yrs with it and was eventually pts last year after it had spread.
 
Mate on our yards chap was diagnosed a few months back after his had puss and blood coming out of his man parts poor chap
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so vet suggested he had an op to remove what they could as it was obviously causing him some pain
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Hes now left with a tiny willy
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but they are hopeful now that it wont return as they took most of it away and further tests have shown no more cancer.
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Good luck - if you would like any more info I can ask her for you.
 
My mother's horse was diagnosed with this (squamous cell carcinoma) at the age of 22. He was considered too old for surgery, and also it was right at the top of his penis. We kept the area very clean, and applied Dermobion (or Ilium Dermapred after Dermobion was discontinued) to lubricate it and keep infection to a minimum, for about 18 months during which he continued to lead a happy and very active life, but eventually it became infected, you could see the infection running forward along his tummy (as a swelling) and he went downhill quite quickly and was pts.
 
My friends horse who was in his 20's was diagnosed with it, she was determined to treat the horse and not to pts as everyone was saying and the horse made a full recovery.
 
My pony was diagnosed with it 2 years ago and had the operation to have it amputated then, he was 18 at the time and we were told that 86.6% of all horses who had had the operation were still alive two years after the operation. His cancer had spread into the lymphnodes (sp?) so during the operation they were removed aswell but we don't know if the cancer has spread anywhere else as they couldn't tell unless more tests and biopsy's were run on him but we chose not to put him through it as he had been through enough. Almost two years on, he is still alive now, as grump as always and in great condition and has shown no signs of the cancer spreading
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My friend's horse had cancer of the penis about a year ago. They removed the tumour and then had to remove quite alot of the tissue, so he ended up with a very short penis, which didn't seem to bother him. After surgery he was on chemo, which again didn't seem to have a bad effect on him and he coped with it quite well . His owner could take him out hacking and is now schooling him again, and has even had some jumping lessons on him. I think he had to have regular blood tests to check if the chemo was working, so it may be quite expensive for your friend. I know my friend's insurance company paid out for all her horse's treatment. If you saw my friend's horse now you wouldn't know he had had anything wrong with him, and the cancer appears to have stayed at bay.
 
I lost my old Highland to squamous cell carcinoma. He lost condition quickly and was given 6 months if we left him or have him PTS. I'm afraid we found a nice sunny spring day and had him PTS
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He'd have had a miserable summer with the flies etc and looked really poorly so it was better to let him go
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That was 5 years ago this spring and i still miss him and am in tears now
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O Law I am so sorry.

My friends horse has had an ultrasound which suggests it has not spread to the lymph glands. He is having amputation early next week. Quite what happens after that I don't know. He looks very well, is his normal bouncy self. Thankfully she is quite particular about his bits and has found it very early on.
 
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