Tumors of the Urogenital Tract, Mammary Gland Tumors Flashcards
What is the most common urogenital tumor in cats and dogs?
TCC
What is the most common non-neoplastic urogenital tumor in cats and dogs?
Polypoid cystitis
What causes have been linked to bladder neoplasia in dogs and cats?
- Exposure to Glyphosate in Herbicides +/- insecticides
- Obesity
- FEMALES
- Breed: Scottish Terriers
- Environmental pollution
- Cyclophosphamide administration
An owner brings in her Scottish Terrier and is wondering what she can do to prevent cancer. Knowing the most common tumor in this breed, what do you recommend?
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Feed veggies (Broccoli 🥦 ) 3x/week
-CADET BRAF Mutation Detection Assay screening tool for at risk breeds even in absence of CS!!
(Scottish Terriers are a high risk breed for getting TCC of the bladder)
Most common location for TCC in dogs and cats?
Trigone of the bladder
(50% have concomitant urethral involvement)
Presenting CS in a patient with TCC of the bladder?
- Hematuria/Dysuria/Polyuria
- Lameness (mets to bone)
(very non specific CS so often not caught early in disease 😢 )
What diagnostics should be ran to work up and stage for TCC in dogs and cats?
- Rectal
- Traumatic catheterization
- Cystoscopy with biopsy
- Cystosonography
- CADET BRAF Mutation Detection Assay screening tool for at risk breeds!!!
Don’t FNA the bladder!!
What is the “Field Effect” recognized with TCC in dogs?
Even with complete excision local recurrence can develop
(microscopic spread throughout bladder)
When is partial cystectomy indicated for patients with TCC?
- If at the apex of the bladder
(NOT for TCC of trigone)
Surgical treatment options for TCC?
- Partial cystectomy + Piroxicam if @ apex
- Laser ablation w/ Mitoxantrone + Piroxicam
- Palliative transurethral stenting
What are the outcomes and MST of TCC in cats and dogs, dependent on treatment plan?
- NSAIDs alone = 6m MST
- Mitoxantrone + NSAIDs = 8m MST
- Radiation + Mitoxantrone + NSAIDs = 9m
- Laser ablation w Mitoxantrone = 8m
- If non trigonal, can have MST ~2yrs w sx + chemo
(all around the same MSTs)
True or False: Complete or partial cystectomy is the gold standard treatment option for patients with TCC located at the trigone
FALSEEE
Trigonal TCC has a 2 month MST w surgery - do palliative care instead (NSAIDS!!)
Chemotherapy agent of choice for TCC?
Mitoxantrone
(Chlorambucil if metronomic chemotherapy)
What breed of cats is predisposed to mammary gland tumors?
Siamese + DSH
Do female or male dogs get more aggressive and malignant versions of mammary gland tumors?
Male dogs (Although way more common overall in females)