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d6n6b6@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 2004-12-07 21:43:34 UTC
Subject: RE: mesenterial roundcell-tumor: Essiac, pycnogenol, chemo?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <7067426.1102455814396.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Thank you Sukie,
it has been confirmed as a lymphoma indeed.
I'm actually wondering about the "side-effects" of chemo, maybe from ppl that have/had a ferret with lymphoma themselves. Because I don't want to send him through a lot of pain and miserable feeling just to keep him with us for only a little while longer. I only want to try it if it's worth and if he doesn't suffer from it too much.
Also do you think it would be safe to use essiac in this case? I talked about Essiac with someone earlier, but she was hesitating because of this large bloodvessel going through the tumor, and because of the localisation so close to the intestine (maybe she tought it would interfere with the intestinal vascularisation?). Any Ideas? How exactly does Essiac work/what does it do?
And what about L-asparaginase?
Thanks again
Bjorn
Author wrote:
> http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/cancer/professional/cytology/asp/cytwork09.asp
> says in part:
> >The round-cell tumors as classically defined
> >consist of three sarcomas--the transmissible
> >venereal tumor, the mast cell tumor, and the
> > lymphoma--and the histiocytoma, a benign
> >tumor of questionable origin.
> I had NOT realized that lymphoma is considered a round cell tumor. Lymphoma is not at all unusual as a ferret malignancy. Always something to learn...
> As you will find in searching the Archives some people use an assortment of chemo protocols for this and links to some articles were recently given. More commonly Prednisolone is used. Also in the Archives you will find that the vast majority of ferrets are not prone to most of the side effects of Prednisolone found in other species.
> Here are the FHL Complete Archives:
> http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org