Important News about Canine Lymphoma

[rottnkidd]

Perhaps this info will be helpful to someone currently in need. I think this news is wonderful and encouraging!
Best wishes -
kathy

Cross posted with permission, and permission granted to continue cross
posting.


> Hi All,
>
> As you probably know, my search to find out what's
> wrong with Charlie has led me to several veterinary
> specialists. One of them, Ed Sullivan at the
> Bellingham Veterinary Critical Care Center has been
> extraordinary at "pushing the envelope" on getting
> treatment for desperately sick animals.
>
> Ed has been working with the researchers at Fred
> Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, a world
> renowned facility for cancer treatment of people. For
> those of you who haven't heard of "Fred Hutch", Google
> it and see. People come from all over the world to be
> treated at FHCRC.
>
> About a year ago, Ed and the team at Fred Hutch did a
> bone marrow transplant on a young golden retriever
> from San Juan Island named Comet who was suffering
> from T-Cell lymphoma. This was not experimental in
> the sense that most of the bone marrow transplant
> knowledge has been gained through work with dogs. But
> this is the first time, at least in the US...to the
> best of anyone's knowledge, that a pet has had a bone
> marrow transplant for lymphoma. Comet is alive and
> well today and accompanies his people on a 5 mile run
> every day. His "one year anniversary" is coming up
> in a couple of weeks.
>
> The point of this recitation is that Ed and his wife
> Teresa (a veterinary surgeon) are setting up a
> Veterinary Cancer Treatment Center through their
> practice in Bellingham. I got this email from Ed a
> little while ago.....
>
> "As for the envisioned Veterinary Cancer Treatment
> Center--we are currently looking for cases of high
> grade lymphoma (any subtype is fair game, T Cell, B
> Cell, lymphoblastic, etc.), other myelodysplastic
> conditions (such as immune mediate hemolytic
> anemia--these conditions are good candidates for bone
> marrow transplants since they are a dysfunction of the
> marrow), and humanism's--a very common cancer
> condition of dogs. The first two groups are known to
> respond well to bone marrow transplants--there are
> literally thousands of people who have been treated.
> The third condition, humanism, is very rare in humans,
> very common in dogs, and there is no good model for
> the treatment of them right now. I want to transplant
> a group of dogs with humanism and see if we can cure
> this condition. Nancy, Comet is proof that current
> knowledge is already out there for potentially curing
> a large percentage of the most common form of cancer
> in dogs, lymphoma. This breakthrough will change the
> textbooks, and we all have the privilege of being part
> of it. Ed"
>
> So, for those of you who have or know of a dog with
> lymphoma, there may be treatment available. Current
> chemotherapies typically buy you about 6 months at the
> most.... This will be a tremendous breakthrough. I
> also understand that Ed is trying to set up funding so
> that those of us without Bill-Gates-sized bank
> accounts can afford treatment.
> You or your vet can call BVCC at 360-734-0720.
>
> Just so you know.....I don't work for BVCC and I'm not
> getting paid or reimbursed in any way for this post.
> It's just so incredibly exciting, we need to spread
> the word. Please feel free to cross post...
>
> Cheers,
> Nancy

[Ilovemypuppy]

That's excellent news ! Thanks for sharing :o))

[Silvermarten]

That is great news on a possable alternate treatment .
Do you know if they've only tried this on the one dog ( Comet ) or have there been others ?