chemo therapy

Re: chemo therapy

xhappysvn21x — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:23:01 GMT

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if you log onto the bsava website you can stream last years nurse lectures, i did the chemotherapy one it was very insightful.

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just trying to have a look at this but i have no idea how to stream. do you need to be a member to see it?

Re: chemo therapy

Nick Shackleton — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:02:20 GMT

From a human perspective. I work in Diagnostic radiography and work in CT quite a bit and we usually do CT scans on chemotherapy patients mid cycle, and at end etc... I believe there are blood tests that can be done to check cancer markers, but unsure if these are available in the veterinary industry.

Re: chemo therapy

xhappysvn21x — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:58:07 GMT

that thread on doxorubucin answered alot of my questions. i have this feeling that a fume cupboard maybe necessary.

what is the costs like with therapy and is there a way of checking if the chemo has worked?

Re: chemo therapy

FINNIGAN — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:03:09 GMT

look up the thread we had on here a while ago, headed doxyrubicin, may help

Re: chemo therapy

staceyvn — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:51:53 GMT

if you log onto the bsava website you can stream last years nurse lectures, i did the chemotherapy one it was very insightful.

Re: chemo therapy

dinkyd — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:18:10 GMT

Hiya

Im sorry to hear about your family member having to go through treatment.Having been through it myself and also having a pet go through treatment and also involved in a few cases at work it very much depends on the drugs and illness being treated.Side effects in pets is not as dramatic as humans really because the doses used to treat pets are no where near as high due to the fact it would likely kill them so the doses given are usually to try and obtain remission-but it very much depends on the type of cancer.

Health and safety should always be adhered to as the drugs are the same that are used in humans so no difference with how the should be handled.Side effect can be gastrointestinal ( vomiting,diarrhoea)hair loss is very minimal - sometimes the coat will thin a bit.animals are also more susceptible to infection due to their immune system being compromised.

There was a thread not long ago -was the Doxorubucin thread and one of the nurses posted a link for health safety-def check that put if your not familiar with it.

There are cancer charities that have help lines that you can chat to for support to.The family often get forgetton about and all energy gets thrown into caring for the cancer patient.

What type of questions do you have on your mind?