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Discussion on Malignant Tumors up in the sheath
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Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2001 - 10:24 pm:
I am not asking you to comment on any specific case with my questions. I'm looking for a little more explanation on the SCC article. I've read it twice and it was very helpful. I also read through the techincal stuff at the end, but I didn't see any specific references to the sheath.
When tumors are present up in the sheath(rather than lesions)and they are malignant, how are they generally treated?
And related to SCC in general, is chemo/radiation as debilitating on horses as it is on humans?
Thnks
Kathy
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Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2001 - 6:53 am:
Hello Kathy,
When tumors are present up in the sheath(rather than lesions)and they are malignant, how are they generally treated?
SCC should always be considered malignant. There is no one prefered method for this location and it will depend on the variables of the case.
And related to SCC in general, is chemo/radiation as debilitating on horses as it is on humans?
These methods are used so rarely in horses that we really do not have a good idea of how well horses do compared to humans. For instance, I have never had a horse on any of the very toxic chemo-drugs and the only radiation I have ever seen was on small discreet lesions and there were no systemic effects.
DrO
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