The two other dogs (one treated with COP chemotherapy and 1 treated
with prednisone alone) were euthanized at 722 and 958 days respectively; as noted above, the first dog had hemangiosarcoma and the second dog was euthanized due to «declining health.»
Although researchers concluded that procarbazine and prednisone was a more effective combination than prednisone alone, they did not actually include a group of dogs treated
with prednisone alone in this study.
With prednisone alone, median survival times noted are approximately 75 - 90 days.
Cats with intestinal lymphoma who are treated
with prednisone alone have a life expectancy of 60 - 90 days.
Not exact matches
In the unvaccinated Group 3, 39 of 46 dogs (84 %) that relapsed were treated
with salvage chemotherapy and one dog received
prednisone alone; however, only 3 (7.7 %) of the dogs in Group 3 that received salvage therapy achieved a durable second remission, compared to 40 % of vaccinated dogs that achieved a durable second remission to salvage therapy, a difference that was statistically significant (p = 0.025).