From:
Kim V
Date: 2002-01-15 19:21:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Insulinoma treatment
Dr. Williams,
Thank you very much for your input. I'll talk to my
vet about surgery for them both next week when they
get their blood glucose recheck.
Kim
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Kim V <grferrets@y...>
wrote:
>> My question: Which is the better way to treat
>> insulinoma? With surgery or Pred? They are both
>> currently on Pred twice a day and doing very well -
>> all symptoms have decreased or disappeared.
You answered:
>It is no secret - at least on this list, that I far
>prefer to do surgery early on, and reserve medical
>treatment for non-surgical candidates.
>
>It is inevitable that these ferrets will become
>refractory to the prednsione over time, and then
>surgery will be required. However, at that point
they >may have become non-surgical candidates.
>
>Surgery gives a 60% chance of cure if done early, and
>this number decreases over time. The remaining 40%
>will develop additional tumors within the next 10
>months, but that's the equivalent of a 10 year
>interval for a human.
>
>With kindest regards,
>
>Bruce Williams, dVM
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