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Intraoperative Irradiation of 16 Spontaneously Occurring Canine Neoplasms
Author(s) -
WITHROW STEPHEN J.,
GILLETTE EDWARD L.,
HOOPES PAUL JACK,
McCHESNEY SHARON L.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1989.tb01035.x
Subject(s) - medicine , debulking , radiation therapy , intraoperative radiation therapy , tumor debulking , external beam radiation , urinary system , urinary bladder , surgery , chemotherapy , cancer , ovarian cancer
Sixteen dogs with malignant neoplasms were treated with intraoperative radiation therapy after surgical debulking. Fractionated external beam radiation therapy was given postoperatively to 11 dogs. Healing of surgical incisions was uncomplicated in 14 dogs. When the ureters or urinary bladder were included in the irradiation field, they became stenotic and fibrotic. Urinary incontinence and secondary renal injury were common. Local tumor control was poor regardless of site or tumor type.