Local control and distant metastasis after electrochemotherapy of a canine anal melanoma

In Vivo. 2007 Sep-Oct;21(5):897-9.

Abstract

Canine anal melanoma is an aggressive neoplasm that rapidly leads to constipation in dogs, thus mimicking the behavior of their human counterpart. In this paper, the successful local palliation of this neoplasm is described using cisplatin selectively driven within the tumor cells by trains of biphasic pulses. The dog experienced tumor reduction with restoration of normal defecation for three months, then experienced massive dissemination to the sublumbar lymph nodes that led to intestinal obstruction and euthanasia. Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a safe palliative therapy for such neoplasm and warrants further investigations in dogs as well humans.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anus Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Anus Neoplasms / pathology
  • Anus Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Dog Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dogs
  • Electrochemotherapy*
  • Female
  • Melanoma / drug therapy
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Melanoma / veterinary*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / drug therapy
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / pathology