Long-term adjuvant metronomic chemotherapy in a dog with recurrent maxillofacial osteosarcoma.

Autor: Jung MJ; Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Yoon KY; Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Kim YM; Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Lee JS; Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Choi JW; Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Kim JH; Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Yoon HY; Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.; KU Center for Animal Blood Medical Science, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Kim JH; Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.; KU Center for Animal Blood Medical Science, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Veterinarni medicina [Vet Med (Praha)] 2023 May 25; Vol. 68 (5), pp. 225-230. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 25 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.17221/43/2022-VETMED
Abstrakt: Osteosarcoma (OSA) is the most common malignant bone tumour in dogs; however, OSA of the maxilla is uncommon compared to appendicular OSA. Oral melanoma also commonly occurs in dogs with frequent distant metastasis. The role of adjuvant chemotherapy has been questioned in maxillary OSA and melanoma. A 17-year-old English Cocker Spaniel was referred with a growing mass on the right maxilla and a right lower lip mass. Osteosarcoma was diagnosed after partial maxillectomy, and the right lower lip mass was diagnosed as oral melanoma. Metronomic chemotherapy (MC) was performed, and the number of doses was tapered due to side effects at 5 weeks after initiation of MC. After 130 weeks of MC, chemotherapy was suspended due to kidney disease. After the suspension of chemotherapy, findings suggesting recurrence and metastasis were detected. The dog suddenly died 193 weeks after surgery, which was 8-14 times longer than the expected survival time. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of successful long-term combination therapy, including surgery and MC, in a dog with maxillary OSA and lip melanoma. Our results show that the survival time can be greatly extended if MC is performed with proper management.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
(Copyright: © 2023 Jung et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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