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My cat is strongly suspected of having gastrointestinal lymphoma. I have to decide if we are going to biopsy. Please help me by answering some questions:
1) Does Prednisone actually kill cancer, or does it just treat the symptoms/inflammation resulting from the cancer?
2) What difference would it make in outcome if we started treating with Prednisone alone and switched to Leukeran when the Prednisone stopped working, versus starting right off the bat with both Prednisone and Leukeran. Survival time?
3) What kind of quality of life does a cat have on chemo/Leukeran?
4) For those who were in a similar situation and proceeded with the biopsy, were you glad you did it? Would you make the same choice again knowing now what you do? What condition was your cat in when you had the biopsy done? How much did it cost? How long did chemo prolong your cat's life?
5) For those who were in a similar situation and refused the biopsy, do you regret that? How was your cat treated, and how well did the treatment work?
Thank you. I'm sure I'll think of more questions as I go...
1) Does Prednisone actually kill cancer, or does it just treat the symptoms/inflammation resulting from the cancer?
2) What difference would it make in outcome if we started treating with Prednisone alone and switched to Leukeran when the Prednisone stopped working, versus starting right off the bat with both Prednisone and Leukeran. Survival time?
3) What kind of quality of life does a cat have on chemo/Leukeran?
4) For those who were in a similar situation and proceeded with the biopsy, were you glad you did it? Would you make the same choice again knowing now what you do? What condition was your cat in when you had the biopsy done? How much did it cost? How long did chemo prolong your cat's life?
5) For those who were in a similar situation and refused the biopsy, do you regret that? How was your cat treated, and how well did the treatment work?
Thank you. I'm sure I'll think of more questions as I go...