The purposes of this study were to describe cases of feline gastric lymphoma with regards to signalment, clinical presentation, laboratory and ancillary study findings, response to therapy, and outcomes and to identify prognostic variables. Sixteen cats with stage I and II gastric lymphoma treated with chemotherapy were included in this study. Seventy-five percent of cats experienced remission. Overall, first remission duration was 108 days. Response to treatment was prognostic as in other types of feline lymphoma. Cats with a complete remission (CR) had longer survival times compared with cats with a partial remission (PR). Sex and treatment with a rescue protocol were found to be prognostic with castrated males having longer survivals than spayed females. Cats that received rescue chemotherapy had shorter first remission durations than those that did not. Prior treatment with steroids and stage were not found to be significant prognostic variables. This study characterizes gastric lymphoma treated with chemotherapy in cats. Further studies are needed to determine the comparative efficacy of surgical and chemotherapeutic treatments for feline gastric lymphoma.
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January 01 2014
A Retrospective Study of Feline Gastric Lymphoma in 16 Chemotherapy-Treated Cats
Tanya L. Gustafson, PhD, DVM;
Tanya L. Gustafson, PhD, DVM
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Animal Cancer Care Clinic, Fort Lauderdale, FL (T.G., A.V.); Department of Oncology, Veterinary Specialty Services, Manchester, MO (B.T.); and Department of Oncology, Veterinary Specialty Hospital, San Marcos, CA (A.F.).
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Armando Villamil, PhD, DVM;
Armando Villamil, PhD, DVM
Animal Cancer Care Clinic, Fort Lauderdale, FL (T.G., A.V.); Department of Oncology, Veterinary Specialty Services, Manchester, MO (B.T.); and Department of Oncology, Veterinary Specialty Hospital, San Marcos, CA (A.F.).
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Bonnie E. Taylor, DVM;
Bonnie E. Taylor, DVM
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Animal Cancer Care Clinic, Fort Lauderdale, FL (T.G., A.V.); Department of Oncology, Veterinary Specialty Services, Manchester, MO (B.T.); and Department of Oncology, Veterinary Specialty Hospital, San Marcos, CA (A.F.).
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Andrea Flory, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology)
Andrea Flory, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology)
Animal Cancer Care Clinic, Fort Lauderdale, FL (T.G., A.V.); Department of Oncology, Veterinary Specialty Services, Manchester, MO (B.T.); and Department of Oncology, Veterinary Specialty Hospital, San Marcos, CA (A.F.).
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J Am Anim Hosp Assoc (2014) 50 (1): 46–52.
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Tanya L. Gustafson, Armando Villamil, Bonnie E. Taylor, Andrea Flory; A Retrospective Study of Feline Gastric Lymphoma in 16 Chemotherapy-Treated Cats. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1 January 2014; 50 (1): 46–52. doi: https://doi.org/10.5326/JAAHA-MS-5989
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