Clinical outcomes of thyroid tumors in dogs
Fourteen cases of canine thyroid tumours with concurrent mesenchymal and epithelial neoplastic were evaluated. Histopathologic samples and reports were collected from 10/14 dogs and reviewed by a single board-certified anatomic pathologist.
All 14 dogs had surgery to remove the thyroid neoplasm with the most common performed being a unilateral thyroidectomy (10/14 dogs). Systemic therapy was administered in eight dogs post operatively.
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Six dogs developed local recurrence with a median time of 53 days.
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Ten dogs developed metastatic disease with the most common metastatic site being the lungs, with a median time to metastasis of 93 days.
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Ten dogs were euthanised due to progression of their mixed thyroid neoplasm.
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The median survival time for dogs treated with adjuvant therapy was 189 days while those without adjuvant therapy had a median survival time of 156 days.
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