Message Number: YG12245 | New FHL Archives Search
From: ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2002-04-03 16:24:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Digest Number 673

In a message dated 04/03/02 6:40:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Ferret-Health-list@yahoogroups.com writes:



What woudld you do differently if you found that the skin tumor
were
something other than a benign tumor? Would you recommend chemo?
How
effective is it with skin tumors? My one experience with chemo
for a
ferret with lymphoma was not great. It extended her life maybe a
couple of months beyond the original prognosis (without
treatment).
Given the weekly vet trips, staying all day, poking and prodding,
I'm
not so sure I would do it again.


The treatment of malignant tumors is dependent on the type of tumor
it is - some respond to chemotherapy, some to radiation treatment,
some have been completely removed, but require close monitoring. So
the answer is - it would depend.

Dr. Ruth
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