From:
dr_bruce_williams
Date: 2002-04-28 21:56:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Prepucial adenocarcinoma
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Pat Stauffer" <staufferp@p...> wrote:
> Has any veterinarian on this list had any luck with treating
prepucial adenocarcinoma? The ferret will be six years old in June.
He is being X-rayed Monday to see if it has metastasized. Depending
on what we find I may also have an ultra sound done. The pathologist
said these tumors are often related to overproduction of hormones
and/or adrenal disease. He has shown no signs of this. Would it be
beneficial to have exploratory surgery done for adrenal or not
advisable since this is such a fast growing, aggressive cancer? I
appreciate any insight anyone can give me on this.
Dear Pat:
Unforeatunately, this tumor is actually not related to adrenal
disease at all. These tumors happen independently of adrenal
disease. They are relatively aggressive, and if metastasis can be
identified by ultrasound or X-ray of the intra-abdominal nodes, whee
it is likely to metastasize.
Not all of these go bad, however - if you intervened early, and
excised it completely, you may have gotten all of it before it
metastasized.
With kindest regards,
Bruce Williams, dVM