Osteosarcoma usually occurs in middle aged or elderly large and giant breed dogs but can occur in a dog of any age with larger breeds tending to develop tumors at younger ages.
Signs of
osteosarcoma usually involve progressive lameness; local swelling and other clinical signs may also occur depending on the location of the cancer.
Osteosarcoma usually arises in middle aged or elderly dogs but can arise in a dog of any age with larger breeds tending to develop tumors at younger ages.
Answer:
Osteosarcomas usually don't protrude where you can see them - they are in the bone.
Not exact matches
Other cancers which may be associated with vaccine damage include Lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes), Leukemia (cancer which affects white blood cell production),
Osteosarcoma (bone cancer), and Mast Cell Tumors (affects mast cells which respond to inflammation / allergens,
usually seen as malignant skin tumors).
Pets with
osteosarcoma will
usually have a limp, he said.
Most often cancer in the lungs is the secondary clinical sign that we see, and
usually in conjunction with
osteosarcoma.
Osteosarcoma is by far the most common bone tumor of the dog,
usually striking the leg bones of larger breeds.
It is considered similar to pediatric
osteosarcoma in humans, a bone cancer that
usually develops during the period of rapid growth that occurs in adolescence, as a teenager matures into an adult.
When dogs are diagnosed with
osteosarcoma, the primary tumor is
usually treated with a combination of amputation and chemotherapy.
Most primary bone tumors in dogs are malignant, in that they
usually cause death as a result of local infiltration (e.g., pathologic fractures or extreme pain leading to euthanasia) or dissemination (e.g., pulmonary metastases in
osteosarcoma - OSA).
In dogs, front leg injury in adulthood is
usually caused by trauma, osteomyelitis,
osteosarcoma, inflammation of tendons and ligaments or nerve damage.
Due to the aggressive nature and extreme pain of
osteosarcoma, amputation of the affected limb
usually is recommended.