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Not every veterinarian can help your dog. You should find a vet specializing in cancer. Thus you will have a chance to help your Mastiff.
Is there a cure from cancer for Mastiffs? What procedures should be expected in the course of treatment?
Advances in modern veterinary medicine have made a big step in curing cancer, and now this disease can be put into the stage of remission. Not all cancers are treatable and various types of cancer can react to certain treatments in different ways and with varying degrees of success. Benign tumors can be treated easily. Possible treatments are:
Advanced laboratory analysis of blood and various tissue samples
Biopsy and tissue analysis
Diagnostic imaging
Chemotherapy
Radiation therapy
Surgery
Anticancer vaccines for certain cancers (e.g. melanoma)
A friend of mine was treated from cancer and looked very tired and sick most of the time. Should I put my Mastiff to that?
Dogs and cats undergo surgery, radiation and chemotherapy much easier than people. Of course, Mastiffs are often diagnosed with cancer not in the first stage of tumor development and recovery should not wait, but moving cancer into the stage of remission, and in the same time maintaining the quality of life for your Mastiff is quite possible.
What is the role of surgery, if it recommended for my Mastiff?
The purpose of surgery is removal of tumor and surrounding tissues. Number of these tissues depends on the type of cancer. The successful removal of the tumor may be limited with a number of anatomical structures that are essential for the body and can not be damaged.
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