Adjuvant chemotherapy with mitoxantrone for cats with mammary carcinomas treated with radical mastectomy.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the disease-free interval, survival time and adverse events of a combined treatment approach in cats with mammary malignant tumors using radical mastectomy and adjuvant mitoxantrone.

Methods: All cats underwent surgery to remove the mammary chain containing the tumors. A 3 cm margin was obtained around removed tumors.

Duodenal perforation caused by Rhizomucor species in a cat.

Unlabelled: CLINICAL SUMMARY: A 7-month-old female Persian cat presented with gastrointestinal (GI) necrosis and perforation caused by Rhizomucor species. Unfortunately, the cat died of bacterial peritonitis and sepsis before a definitive diagnosis, based on histopathology and fungal culture, was achieved.

Practical Relevance: This appears to be the first reported case of GI disease caused by Rhizomucor species in a cat.

Radiation therapy for feline cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma using a hypofractionated protocol.

The objective of this paper was to evaluate the efficacy of a hypofractionated radiation protocol for feline facial squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Twenty-five histologically confirmed SCCs in 15 cats were treated with four fractions of 7.6-10Gy each, with 1 week intervals.