Sentences with phrase «to spread to the lungs»

Most dogs with a tumor will see the cancer spread to the lungs in 1 to 2 years.

The later often spread to the lungs, lymph nodes and other organs.

In addition to surgery, your veterinarian may recommend chemotherapy treatment to make sure that malignant cells (cancer cells that spread quickly) do not spread to the lungs.

Their tumors grow rapidly and spread to the lungs early, usually before a pet owner is aware and brings them in for diagnosis and treatment.

If the cancer spreads to the lungs, your cat may also experience breathing problems.

Other tumors (e.g., malignant melanoma) most often spread to the lungs, which act as a filter for tiny cancer cells.

Before a biopsy or surgery is performed, chest X-rays should be taken to make sure the tumor hasn't spread to the lungs.

In female dogs, mammary cancer also spreads to the lungs.

The majority of dogs have metastasis at the time of diagnosis, but few will have radiographic evidence of spread to the lung.

Pneumonia can develop when a respiratory infection spreads to the lungs, causing the lungs» air sacs to fill with pus.

Expect chest radiographs to assess tumor spread to the lung to be needed before surgery can proceed.

The group also discovered that a subtype of BLBC that tended to spread to the lungs quickly had high IL13RA2 levels.

Of those that had the high - risk signature, cancer spread to the lungs in 55 %, in spite of chemotherapy treatment, whereas only 10 % of the others showed cancer migration to the lungs — and even then, the lungs were not the principal or most aggressive site, the team reports 28 July in Nature.

Some common cancers that spread to the lungs include bladder cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, kidney cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, thyroid cancer and sarcoma.

These tumors usually spread to the lungs, liver, spleen and heart.

Bailey, my black cocker spaniel, was diagnosed December 23, 2009 with anal sac adenocarcinoma spreading to the lungs and lymph nodes and we have seen a Chinese Medicine Oncologist in Michigan (though I am from Canada).

These diseases include infectious pneumonia (fungal, bacterial, parasitic), feline heartworm disease (cats are aberrant hosts for the canine heartworm disease parasite), primary lung parasites, and tumor disease (either a lung tumor, or one that has metastasized or spread to the lungs from elsewhere in the body).

Up to 90 % of these tumors will have metastasized or spread to the lungs at the time of diagnosis, but because of the small initial size of the metastatic lesions, less than 10 % will initially show up on a chest x-ray.

Osteosarcoma commonly spreads to the lungs, and less commonly spreads to other bones and organs.

Chest X-rays can help detect spread to the lungs, and a sonogram of the belly (abdominal ultrasound) is recommended to look for hemangiosarcoma in other organs, such as the liver and spleen.

Approximately 10 % of dogs will have metastasis to regional lymph nodes and approximately 3 - 36 % will have spread to the lungs so continued monitoring with chest x-rays every 2 - 3 months is warranted.

When mesothelioma spreads to the lungs, it is secondary lung cancer.

Nurses also take care to brush patients» teeth every day and to clean their mouths and gums every few hours because oral infections often spread to the lungs.

Typically amputation of the affected bone is performed (whenever possible) but due to the high prevalence of spread to the lungs, survival rates for osteosarcoma are generally poor.

(Both forms are caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis; pneumonic plague develops when a person with bubonic plague is not treated, and the infection spreads to the lungs.)

When they have not spread to the lungs, and they are present on a rear leg, they can be treated successfully by amputation of the limb.

Your Veterinarian will take X-Rays to take a look at the effected area and to determine if the cancer spread to the lungs.

That tooth infection had spread to his lungs.

As for his cancer, Mr. Libous said on Tuesday that it had spread to his lungs and spine, although he said it would not deter him from seeking re-election.

Tom Stutz, 74, of Sherman Oaks, California, was diagnosed in June 2011 with melanoma that had spread to his lung, liver and other parts of his body.

The result was a significant reduction in the skin cancer lesions, as well as a sizable reduction in melanoma tumors that had spread to the lungs.

It aims to look at the effectiveness, or otherwise, of surgery in people with colorectal cancer that has spread to their lungs.

By 1984, the cancer had spread to his lung.

In a study appearing in Science Translational Medicine, the researchers report they have effectively and safely employed this stem cell - targeting system in mice to treat metastatic breast cancer that had spread to the lung.

In the other two patients, whose cancer had spread to their lungs, the disease recurred after vaccination.

For Jerry «JT» Burk, a 66 - year - old architect from Houston and one of Kopetz's patients, the trial came along when his colorectal cancer had spread to his lungs and he was almost out of options.

In advanced stages, the disease can spread to the lungs, liver, bones, bone marrow or other organs.

When Anne Carmean first met Jon Harnish on an online dating site... breast cancer, also known as stage IV cancer, which had spread to her lungs.

Hazel is a 16 year old with thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs.

Quickly, the movie gives us reason to believe this girl: She is 17, and she has cancer, which started in her thyroid and has spread to her lungs.

Since oral cancer often spreads to the lungs, dogs might start coughing and appear lethargic.

Malignant tumors can metastasize and spread to the lungs or surrounding lymph nodes, so a chest x-ray and physical inspection of the lymph nodes may be performed with certain types of mmammarytumors.

Since bone cancer is often spread to the lungs, it is important to have a chest X-ray on any pet diagnosed with osteosarcoma.

Dogs with osteosarcoma that has spread to the lungs may also have difficulty breathing or exercise intolerance.

Pets that have bone cancer that has spread to the lungs have a much poorer prognosis than pets with local osteosarcoma.

This will help determine if the cancer has spread to the lungs and lymph nodes.

Correct treatment depends on obtaining a small biopsy sample to identify the particular tumor type, determining if the tumor has spread to the lungs or lymph nodes, and obtaining detailed dental radiographs to show how far the tumor has spread locally.

It begins in the bones and spreads to the lungs, brain, or any number of other vital organs.