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- Title
Diagnostic evaluation and treatment recommendations for dogs with substage-a high-grade multicentric lymphoma: results of a survey of veterinarians.
- Authors
Regan, R. C.; Kaplan, M. S. W.; Bailey, D. B.
- Abstract
The goal of this study was to survey veterinarians regarding their current initial diagnostic and treatment recommendations for dogs with substage-a high-grade multicentric lymphoma. A written survey was conducted at the 2009 Veterinary Cancer Society conference asking veterinarians to provide demographic information, initial staging diagnostics and treatment recommendations for canine lymphoma. The most commonly recommended staging diagnostics were complete blood count (100%), chemistry panel (100%), urinalysis (85%), lymph node cytology (88%), thoracic radiographs (84%), immunophenotyping (76%) and abdominal ultrasound (75%). The most commonly used first-line B-cell protocols combined the drugs L-asparaginase, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone ( L- CHOP, 51%). CHOP (30%) and other CHOP-based protocols (12%) were used as well. Thirty-one percent of responders treated B- and T-cell lymphomas differently. Protocol lengths varied from ≤16 weeks to >2 years. Current staging and treatment recommendations for canine lymphoma are varied. Efforts to standardize recommendations should be considered.
- Subjects
CANIDAE; ANIMAL models of lymphomas; MEDICAL protocols; LYMPHOMA treatment; VETERINARIANS; LYMPHATICS; DEMOGRAPHIC surveys
- Publication
Veterinary & Comparative Oncology, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 4, p287
- ISSN
1476-5810
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1476-5829.2012.00318.x