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News 4 Jax posted an article regarding the treatment of tumors in canines, which is a serious condition. I'm sure that most would make the connection of cancer research with humans but this isn't the only way in which it is shown. In fact, there are many animals that are afflicted with this condition and should be treated with the best methods ones can imagine. The article in question talked about a dog and how glioblastoma had impacted him a couple of years in the past.
The dog is named Petey and he had a tumor known commonly in the medical field as glioma. It's the most aggressive type of tumor seen in the brain and doctors said that he had less than two months to live. The work of veterinarian Dr. Simon Platt had potential, though, and it would be meant to help Petey's condition. As a result, clinical testing was put into practice, the same drug meant to help those with colon cancer ultimately put into practice to help a canine with a brain tumor.
The drug was given to Petey through direct application over the brain where the initial tumor was taken out beforehand. Platt went into detail about how tumors were nourished, since they fed off of the rest of the body. With this drug in place, the tumor was not able to feed off of other parts of the human anatomy, which cuts off its supply of nourishment entirely. While this is an interesting piece of news, what I did not know about was the similarities between canine tumors and human tumors.
You may not think that this is true but it's the kind of idea that can be backed by organizations along the lines of Voices against Brain Cancer. According to the article in question, after the procedure was done, Petey's last MRI showed that there was no tumor in place. This speaks volumes about the method put into place and how it may be able to help other canines. If it can help dogs to this extent, it's a possibility that humans can become better helped because of this example of cancer research, too.
This isn't to say that there won't be at least some kind of modification done to the method. Yes, it was able to help Petey extensively but it goes without saying that the anatomy between dogs and humans is very different. Even so, I think that there is a great deal of potential to be seen here. If it has been able to help out Petey as much as the article has gone into detail about, I am sure that there is far more potential which hasn't been tapped into yet.
The dog is named Petey and he had a tumor known commonly in the medical field as glioma. It's the most aggressive type of tumor seen in the brain and doctors said that he had less than two months to live. The work of veterinarian Dr. Simon Platt had potential, though, and it would be meant to help Petey's condition. As a result, clinical testing was put into practice, the same drug meant to help those with colon cancer ultimately put into practice to help a canine with a brain tumor.
The drug was given to Petey through direct application over the brain where the initial tumor was taken out beforehand. Platt went into detail about how tumors were nourished, since they fed off of the rest of the body. With this drug in place, the tumor was not able to feed off of other parts of the human anatomy, which cuts off its supply of nourishment entirely. While this is an interesting piece of news, what I did not know about was the similarities between canine tumors and human tumors.
You may not think that this is true but it's the kind of idea that can be backed by organizations along the lines of Voices against Brain Cancer. According to the article in question, after the procedure was done, Petey's last MRI showed that there was no tumor in place. This speaks volumes about the method put into place and how it may be able to help other canines. If it can help dogs to this extent, it's a possibility that humans can become better helped because of this example of cancer research, too.
This isn't to say that there won't be at least some kind of modification done to the method. Yes, it was able to help Petey extensively but it goes without saying that the anatomy between dogs and humans is very different. Even so, I think that there is a great deal of potential to be seen here. If it has been able to help out Petey as much as the article has gone into detail about, I am sure that there is far more potential which hasn't been tapped into yet.
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