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Our 6 year-old Berner boy, Rudy had a mast cell tumor removed from his
hind leg in October 2002. I believe the histopathology report came back
staging the tumor at 3?? Anyway, the margins weren't clean and the news
wasn't good
Jorda's mast cell tumor was located, to the best of my recollection, on the
same spot on which the Hartung's Berner's tumor was discovered. I do not
recall the grade of Jorda's tumor. It appeared when she was four years old,
in 1990.
Treatment was, initially, surgical removal. My dogs
Hi,
I can relate to what you are going through. Our Gretchen had a Stage II,
dirty margined, mast cell tumor removed March 28th. The tumor was in her
lower lip which meant it had a tendency toward being more aggressive than
those found elsewhere on the body.
We met with an oncologist and started
Good morning, everyone:
I'd like to thank everyone who has emailed us with encouragement, support,
suggestions, hugs, belly rubs, cookies, and especially prayers! What a
wonderful group you all are. I'm overwhelmed by the number of emails sitting in my in
box waiting to be answered. I'll
Good morning everyone:
It's been quite some time since I posted to this list. I hope that you all
are well, and your Berners healthy!
This week we received the news that our beautiful Heather, who is now five
and a half years old, has cancer. She had a grade 2 Mast Cell Tumor removed
last
that and many other articles about Berner health issues on
www.bmdca.org in the Health section. (Maggie had a tumor removed from
her front leg when she was 6.5 years old, we didn't do chemo - which for
mast cell is typically prednisone - nor did we do radiation. She had no
recurrence of the mast cell
When my sweet and sensitive Berner, Jorda, was four years old, a mast cell
tumor was removed from her foot. Our regular veterinarian removed it; he is
a skilled and talented surgeon who has tremedous experience with many
Bernese and has been doctor to my dogs since 1983. I do not know
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From: Teri Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: mast cell
Well we just finished with our 5th surgery for mast cell grade II on our
boy. He was first diagnosed 2 1/2 years ago
Well we just finished with our 5th surgery for mast cell grade II on our
boy. He was first diagnosed 2 1/2 years ago with multiple sites and has
been doing well on holistic meds and now chinese herbs. Just don't want to
keep cutting. Wondering has anyone else had so many surgeries? Do we keep
Hi All
First I have to thank everyone who has responded back to me. You all are
totally awsome! I showed my mom all the info sent to me..(she has a Leo) and
boy was she impressed with how our berner community really pulls together and
helps one another thru challenging times.
Today Maggie has
Hi Maura,
Caught early mast cell can be controlled. Depending on the grade and
location the oncologist will determine your treatment options.
One day at a time:-))
Rose T.
My Berner, Jorda, had a mast cell tumor surgically removed at age four
years. She lived an additional nine years. I credit the work of my dogs'
veterinarian, who is a skilled surgeon.
Lisa Allen
Blessed with Jorda, Olympians Helen of Troy CD DD from 1986 to 1999
Yes, I have, and her name was Maggie, too. If you HAVE to have a cancer, a
mast cell cancer might be the one of choice -- depending, of course, on the
grade. If it's not too far advanced, the trick is to take out the tumour AND
a large margin surrounding it to make sure you've got it all.
Maggie
This CAN be cured surgically.
My Berner Jorda, my spiritual sister, had a mast cell tumor removed from her
foot at age four years and lived, cancer free, for ANOTHER NINE YEARS,
succumbing to large cell lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma at age thirteen years
two weeks two days.
Hers was probably
Kathy,
Mast cell is a type of cancer that often responds well to treatment
(surgery/radiation), but I do know some dogs who have died from it,
especially the more advanced grades 2 and 3. Grade refers to how
aggressive the type of cancer cells are, as diagnosed by their appearance
under
Hi Kathy,
From the experiences I have had with mast cell tumors, your vet's
comments are accurate. As long as the tumor is excised so that the
edges are clean, it is unlikely that the tumor will return. I've had
several Berners, middle-aged and older (6+ years), that have had grade 1
mast cell
Last week I had a lump taken off Gunner. It was on his side just under the
skin. I found out this evening it's a mast cell. The vet said that's it's a
grade 1 (I guess if you have a mast cell that's the good news). He said the
pathologist could not definitely say they got it all. So the vet
From time to time, a question concerning mast cell cancer is posed on the
list. I was looking through some various health articles that I had saved
yesterday and came across an article from the October 1998 Your Dog from
Tufts.
Let me preface by stating that a diagnosis of mast cell tumor need
Pat,
I'd be very interested to know of any mast cell ca studies.
Jennifer Zaayer and Dash (almost done w/radiation treatments for mast cell)
Does anyone know of a study being done at Michigan State on mast cell
cancer? If there is one, does anyone have the name and contact
information of the vet to whom samples are sent? Thanks
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Cheryl Brickach
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