To Elton and Nancy: >My light silver, Argento (born 12/90), deveopled an odd lump on her jaw. >After paying visits to two vets (Dr. Blevins and Dr Stahl). Two blood test >were normal, x-rays normal. Needle biospy showed "some fluid". The biopsy >showed cancer .. Before I can really give you much in the way of useful information, I'd have to know what type of cancer we are dealing with - there are several types of tumors that can arise in the mouth and jawa... > >Argento is was on antibotics for 10 days after the biospy. She is getting >presisone. Dr. Stahl said there were two courses of action: > >1) Chemotherpy: involving inveious (sp?) drugs, blood test and more drugs > for about a month. >2) continue with predisone Most tumors from this area don't respond well to prednisone, but without a more definitive identification of what type of tumor, I'd better not say any more at this time... Bruce Williams, DVM, DACVP Chief Pathologist, AccuPath Dept. of Veterinary Pathology [log in to unmask] Armed Forces Institute of Pathology [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1714]