Lymphoma | Chemotherapy | Cutaneous tumors | Cats and Cancer | Potpourri |
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What is T cell LSA
The immunophenotype with the poorer prognosis for large cell lymphoma
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What is doxorubicin
The most efficacious drug for lymphoma
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What is cutaneous melanoma
A dark pigmented mass on the skin that has a benign biologic behavior
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What is lymphoma
The most common cancer found in cats
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What is omeprazole and diphenhydramine
The two additional medications that ought to be prescribed in dogs with gross MCTs (not prednisone)
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What is CHOP protocol
The most efficacious chemotherapy protocol for large cell lymphoma
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What are bone marrow suppression and hepatotoxicity
The two most common side effects of CCNU chemotherapy
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What is a histiocytoma
A benign mass on the skin of young dogs that can regress on its own over time
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What is 85-95%
The percentage of mammary tumors that are malignant in cats (can be within 5% and still be correct).
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What is BAG (bone marrow suppression, alopecia, and gastrointestinal upset)
The three major side effects of intravenous chemotherapy
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What is 1 year
The median survival time for dogs with B cell LSA with aggressive chemotherapy
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What are Palladia and vinblastine
The two most efficacious chemotherapy agents used to treat mast cell tumors
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What is a mast cell tumor
The pinnae, the digit, and mucocutaneous junctions are associated with an aggressive biologic behavior in this tumor
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What is cisplatin
The chemotherapy agent that can cause fatal pulmonary edema in cats
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What is diarrhea, other GI upset, proteinuria, hypertension, bone/muscle pain, neutropenias
3 of the most common Palladia side effects (6 are listed in the answer)
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What is L-asparaginase
The name of the enzyme (drug) that can be given to dogs that are sick (substage B), prior to starting chemotherapy for LSA
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What is chlorambucil
The chemotherapy used as a first line agent for small cell GI lymphoma in cats
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What is a plasmacytoma
These tumors can be benign when found as a single mass in the skin, but an aggressive form is known as multiple myeloma
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What is squamous cell carcinoma
This is the most aggressive oral tumor in cats that is poorly responsive to chemotherapy and radiation therapy
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What is "66% of ruptured splenic tumors are cancer, of those 66% of them are HSA"
The double two-thirds rule
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What is mitoxantrone
The drug that substitutes doxorubicin in the CHOP protocol, due to heart disease or maximum lifetime dose already achieved
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What is vinorelbine
The chemotherapy agent used for lung tumors, as it concentrates highly in lung tissue
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What is cutaneous hemangiosarcoma
This cutaneous tumor is red in color, and is induced by UV light (identified by solar elastosis on histopathology)
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What is mast cell tumor
The third most common GI cancer in cats
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What is vincristine and doxorubicin
Two chemotherapy agents in the CHOP protocol that need to be dose reduced in MDR1 dogs
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