Metastatic liver cancer

To keep my mind a bit occupied with cancer yet also away from dad’s cancer, I was wondering what to do when my cat would have cancer? Since we don’t go for colonoscopy on our cat, would we ever know he would ever have cancer in the first place?

Googling things up I was very surprised to hear about Celebrex again (see Colon Cancer Signs)

One particular class of drugs, the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), is very effective in controlling post-surgical pain as well as pain and inflammation due to arthritis. Eh, our GP gave dad Celebrex long before there was even talk about surgery!

Just make sure that if one day your cat is in pain, go to your vet in stead of self medicating. Cats are very susceptible to exhibiting adverse effects from drugs like aspirin and acetaminophen, to the point that cats could die from it!

As in the case in human medicine, the causes of cancer in felines are often unknown. We never found out why father had metastatic liver cancer in the first place, and only God knows the why and what about Pavarotti Pancreatic Cancer. Mostly when we see the Pancreatic cancer symptoms it’s too late for a cure.

Having a cat myself and with my neighbours dog recently diagnosed with canine cancer, I am having a look about cancers in cats. Read on as again for some strange reason: there are oh so many cancers, yet there is supposedly no clue in how to prevent it…

Feline pancreatic cancer

During a cat’s life they may have been exposed to different environment that may trigger the abnormalities in cells which will lead to the development of cancer.

It could be too much sun, or chemicals in the foods but the underlying causes and trigger for the cancer still remains unknown. Since we do not know what causes it exactly, cancer is very difficult to prevent.

For cats, fortunately for them, cancers affecting the liver and or pancreas are very uncommon.

Some of the symptoms of these cancers are:

• jaundice caused by the obstruction to the flow of bile,
• depression,
• weight loss,
• vomiting and
• a bloated abdomen.

The latter distension of the abdomen could be caused by the tumor or the buildup of fluids inside.

Prognosis for this type of cancer is very poor and with current available treatment methods, there has been very little response seen.

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I saw it already on Grey’s Anatomy that Merediths’ dog had canine cancer, but like all things TV and especially all things cancer: you only listen when it happens to you. And in the case of this canine cancer, I am listening because I can see the tears in my neighbours eyes when she got the news her dog had canine liver cancer.

Types of Canine cancer

There are many types of canine cancer and as with human cancer, it is caused by an uncontrolled growth of cells.

Tumors originate from these harmful and malignant cells and it then spread to other parts via the bloodstream. Cancer occurs in dogs in many different forms from liver to kidney cancer to skin cancer and leukemia.

• One common type of canine cancer is orophayngeal cancer which is basically mouth cancer.
• Lymphoma or lymphosarcoma is the third most common cancer in canines. This form of cancer can originate from many different parts of a dog’s body including lymph nodes, liver and spleen.
• Osteosarcoma is a cancer that does not have too many symptoms in its early stages. This is a type of bone cancer.
• Mastocytoma is a type of tumor that occurs in the skin frequently but it can spread to the spleen, liver and bone marrow. Most skin tumours are benign but if you do spot a lump, do get it checked out by the vet immediately to rule out cancer.

Canine cancer symptoms

It is difficult to define accurately the exact symptoms to look for in canine cancer but some of it are:

• reduction in the energy level,
• stiffness,
• difficulty in breathing,
• sores that wont heal,
• any discharge or bleeding from any orifices,
• lumps that get bigger,
• unusual odours and
• difficulty in urinating or defecating.

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