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A cheery Wednesday to you.
Today's article covers a new experimental drug for a common dog cancer, that is very difficult to treat.
Clearly cancer is multifactorial ( ie many causes), which then requires many potential things to prevent it.
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Such as antioxidants, essential fatty acids, probiotics, colostrum
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Tufts veterinarians treat canine cancer with experimental drug
KPT-9274, combined with just one round of chemotherapy, is the focus of treating lymphoma in a clinical trial
Source: Veterinary Practice News
Dozer is now three months in remission after treatment with an experimental lymphoma drug.
When Edward Sloan’s dog, Dozer, a 7-year-old bull mastiff went blind seemingly overnight, a devastating diagnosis revealed Dozer had cancer.
Desperate to save his best friend, Sloan found a clinical trial at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, where Abbey Sadowski, DVM, found that Dozer had “lost a lot of weight [and] had several weeks of history before he even saw us.”
Dr. Sadowski and Cheryl London, DVM, Ph.D., are testing an experimental drug—called KPT-9274—combined with just one round of chemotherapy to treat lymphoma.
“We had this remarkable response … when you combine these two things together you can get a dramatic reduction in disease,” Dr. London said.
Early results of the small study have been promising, especially for Sloan and Dozer.
“A single heroic dose … the next day he was able to see,” Sloan said.
Dozer is three months in remission, and his medical reversal of fortune could eventually lead to a breakthrough in human medicine.
London said the outcome of a canine trial is a valuable piece of the research puzzle.
“The benefits to the human side are that you get a drug into humans that’s actually much more likely to work,” London said. “The benefit to the veterinary side is that we get to enroll our patients in clinical trials of novel drugs at little to no cost for them.”
Sloan is happy to have his best friend back—for longer, quality time.
“The fact that’s he’s alive, the fact that he’s doing well and he’s bristling with energy and personality, I would consider miraculous,” he said.
Doctors are still accepting dogs into this trial. For more information, email clinical trials technician Diane Welsh at clinicaltrials@tufts.edu.
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Veterinary Secrets Pet of the Week!
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Hi Dr. Jones!
Your new pet looks like a great companion!
Here are a couple of pictures of my pooch. Roxy is a Boston Terrier and she has been given Ultimate Canine since I got her when she was 16 weeks old.
She is now 8 1/2. Roxy is probably the only “reluctant walker” that I have ever met. When I say “walkies” or grab her leash, she dashes into the back of her kennel and turns her head the other way.
However, once leashed, she seems happy enough to go. She is not a lap dog in spite of her size (about 15 lbs) nor does she like to be petted. However, when my mother was in the nursing home near us, I used to take Roxy nearly every day when I went to visit.
Once there, she would lie on my Mom’s lap and let everyone pet her. Everyone thought she loved to be petted. What I think, is that doing that was her “job” and she was happy to do it. I’ve heard many times that “working” dogs are the happiest, and she was working. She loves to lick - especially men’s ears, and her ears do all kinds of things! She’s fast and a good jumper. Her age hasn’t slowed her down one bit. And she’s cute - so cute!
The first picture is Roxy when I’m talking to her or trying to take her picture. The third picture is her pose when I ask her a question she doesn’t quite understand. And, t love the middle picture because that is exactly what she looks like when she sees that I’m preparing her meal - like a little vulture. It’s hilarious!
Thanks for all you do! I’m a fan!
Sue
Calgary, Alberta
Thanks so much Sue!
Dr Andrew :-) |
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Best Wishes,
Dr Andrew Jones, DVM |
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P.S. If you have yet to TRY my supplements, I encourage you to do so, for now they are 37% OFF and NO Autoship
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| DISCLAIMER: This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace the advice of your own veterinarian. Dr Andrew Jones resigned from the College of Veterinarians of B.C. effective December 1 2010, meaning he cannot answer specific questions about your pet's medical issues or make specific medical recommendations for your pet.
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