Dr. Sue Ettinger is a practicing veterinary cancer specialist, international speaker, book author, & vlogger. She is one of approximately 450 board-certified specialists in medical oncology in North America and currently practices at Guardian Veterinary Specialists in Brewster, NY. She received her veterinary training at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and completed her residency at the Animal Medical Center in NYC in 2003.
Also known as Dr Sue Cancer Vet®, Dr Sue is the co-author of the Second Edition of The Dog Cancer Survival Guide, a best-selling book in small animal health for the last several years. Dr. Sue is most passionate about raising cancer awareness & has developed “See Something, Do Something, Why Wait? Aspirate.®” to promote early cancer detection and diagnosis. Dr Sue’s popular Facebook page has over 44,000 fans. She can also be found on Instagram, Twitter, and RU-vid helping clients and veterinary professionals deal with cancer.
My staffy has bladder cancer. We are at the 18.5 mth mark, after Thorn was given 4 Mths with TCC. He is still enjoying his short walks around a lake. Does wee alot. But still likes to play at times. And can still run when it suits him. We opted for no interventions. We are blessed. And enjoy all the extra time we’ve been given. So far it has had an extra 14.5 mths. Loving him every extra day. 💜💜
Our dog was diagnosed with this cancer in her spine. I cannot find any information about this as most topics are about amputation which is not a possibility in this case. As she is already losing control over her legs we will have to put her asleep soon. If any other ideas and experience let me know..
My dog is being treated for an ear infection & has a swollen lymph node under the same infected ear. She's eating well, with no weight loss, a little vomiting, but nothing more than usual. It's only if she's ate something & it's upset her stomach, but again, it's rare. She's behaving like her normal happy self with nothing bothering her. The first vet said it was a swollen lymph node, but the second doctor who started the infected ear treatment didn't even mention this, but instead went straight to saying I may have to spend £600 on having the lump tested, rather than ruling out other causes first, like swollen lymph node that could have been caused by the infected ear. I see someone had the same issue & was given antibiotics to treat it. I was not. My dog had an issue last year with a different lump & was told I could spend up to £900 to have it tested. I got on RU-vid & within 5 minutes I was told to try Nappy rash cream which I did & the lump was gone within 2 weeks & had started working within the first 2 days. I'm so angry & scared for my dog & the amount of money to help her when there is more simple & cheaper cures out there
Yesterday the vet put my dog to sleep because of mast cell tumors. They couldnt help him anymore. I mis him so much im crying whole day it is so quiet in house
I get it. It is not easy. Heather is so good at it. I suggest you ask your vet if there is liquid form and to be compounded into a liquid that can be flavored. That is also what I did for medications for my cats
My cat was diagnosed with high grade lymphoma. We decided to try chemotherapy, it seemed to helped briefly then back to not eating, even on an appetite stimulant. It seems that this is not going to get better unfortunately, just a band aid and she’s suffering. She’s so skinny😢Not sure if it’s in her best interest to continue chemo Just heart breaking
Dr Sue, please answer this question. It bothers me that all vets, you included, talk of lymphoma as if it can be cured. Maybe you don't say it with that many words, but it's woven into the narrative you bring. My cat is 2 years old and is diagnosed with lymphoma, probably high grade. It was dedected during a routine control while my cat was still perfectly fine. Now, the prognosis, if I would do 6 months of chemo would be 9-12 months, actually more like 5-6 because there's a suspicion it's also in the kidneys. That's just palliative care in my book, not real treatment. Just say it as it is : you're cat has cancer, we vets cannot save him, we can extend his life a tiny bit, on the condition that he goes through a very rough procedure, where he will be stressed out every week for at least 4 hours (2 hours in small cage in the car and 2 hours at the clinic) and it will be painful (taking blood is painful, don't BS around it) and there will be side effects. I chose not to put my cat through that. In this video of yours you make it sound as if people who chose not to put their beloved pet through chemo do it because of practical and financial reasons. I can tell you, I made my choice 100% purely for the sake of my cat. It would be very selfish to put my cat through even more pain so I, ME can have some more time with him. Not saying the facts as is, is unethical in my opinion. Eventually after all those stressfull runs to the clinic, usually quite fast even, the animal will go through the exact same thing... again. Find a real cure or stop pretending cancer is not a death sentence for pets... It is !!!
Well put, it’s unfortunately true. My cat was diagnosed with intestinal lymphoma. I really thought the chemotherapy would help based off what I was told. After 1 round and a little improvement then back to not eating I realized this is just prolonging the inevitable and just hanging on to hope but it’s not fair to her. Heartbreaking but something we have to deal with and would be so grateful if drs would just come out with it. It’s a tough road for sure. My heart goes out to everyone dealing with this❤
I try every thing. She only eats after a day or so. She simply doesn't like to eat. I have trying so many things. I j7zt put out her food every 4 hrs When she wants it she she eats
How do we find a special cancer vet like you??? We have a sweet dog suppose to have surgery tomorrow 7/2/24 and this place she has to go to is so dirty and scary PLEEEEEEASE HELP🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Even if this video was sponsored I have to say it was a miracle. Our dog had chemo yesterday, came home and didn’t eat at all. We asked the oncologist for a prescription of Entyce and within an hour he ate his favorite treats and a bowl of food. Then he ate again at night. He is energized, playful and happy. Thank you so much for posting a video about this medication. It worked a miracle and I hope it will work for other pets. God bless you doctor, and all who read this message!
My poor Kitty is suffering with a form of this. The vet suggests a feeding tube out of the side of her neck for hydration & food. I don't want her life to fade away, her little life is very precious to me but her eyes often reflect misery. There are times they are wide, curious and full of that same old life she had (after a tubby and her face is clean) - the doc as given me a asteroid cream for her ear flap to absorb and an opiate that is put on her gum for pain. This does help her eat/mash food into her face, but it's a little messy and sometimes hard to watch. It's hard and rare for me to hear a cat's tummy rumble from hunger. My heart it breaking, she's my best friend. The thought of putting her down is unbearable, what should I do? Go the feeding tube route and try to let her live a few more months or ease her off into a sleep she'll never wake from? Also, this is an important question I'd love to have answered, with all the drooling & mess, is this in any way contagious to my other cat?
Just found this cancer in my 13 year old cat. Symptoms/signs were lots of thick saliva/drool, then blood drops around the house, blood found on his chin. Then opened his mouth and saw an open ulcer along the side of his tongue. Treatment was a pain management for the last of his days. However, just a few days of treatments and I can see he absolutely hates the experience. Before he was showing mild signs of discomfort, now he won’t leave his comforting hiding spots and is untrusting of me. If I were in his shoes, I would want to avoid any and all discomfort, and would probably ask for an assisted end of life plan. I plan to finish his current round of meds and determine if I should refill or help him find peace. As animal owners, we have to remove our own mental discomfort and think about theirs. No one wants to live a painful and miserable life especially with no tangible fix to our medical conditions. Choose life until you know you have to choose death. Thank you for your sharing of this knowledge. It does give me comfort I’m doing the best I can for him.
They found the tumor when I brought her in for a dental consult. She has no symptoms. She's scheduled next week for a dental/tumor removal and biopsy. (The regular vet didn't even mention cancer and the ER vet wouldn't address it until I asked him point blank if it was likely cancer and he finally said yes.) I took her to the ER specialty today and they just tried to convince me to go with this approach from my regular vet and didn't refer me. It seems the opposite of what is recommended by the online SCC community. Is there any chance if we caught it early? Is including a dental (even if she needs it) just stupid at this point? Maybe it'll make her feel better? Do you think contact with asphalt could cause this? This is the 2nd of 4 cats (she's only 10 - he died of SCC at 14) that have this and one other died of lymphoma. There's no smoking/flea collars/tuna. They do eat wet and dry (high quality) food. I'm worried that they often lie on asphalt and have been exposed to the debris from construction nearby. They have a catio but also sit outside on the asphalt for an hour or so each day under a motorhome. Maybe they're ingesting bad chemicals when they clean themselves? I need to stop this horrible cycle. This disease is evil.
great video- landed here coz our cat might need amputation for trauma, but watched it to the end and learned lots along the way- love your work! Cheers!
I stopped my Giant Schnauzers osteosarcoma by feeding raw hamburger and raw chicken with bones in, multivitamin, 880mgs Fenbendazole pure from vet compounding pharmacy per day, 8mgs of 1% Ivermectin liquid for animals which is 8/10ths of one CC , LDN 2.5mgs from compounding pharmacy , 2-Cimetidine x 3 times a day , one Loratidine x 1 per day , Benadryl x 1 per day and 200mgs melatonin per day , I'm going to look into artemisinin read about it for 7 years never needed it , she (giant schnauzer) has perfect blood work and is thriving no lung problems and C reactive protein is normal started this as soon as I found broken toe nail took three months How am I able to cure osteosarcoma but a doctor can't they just want to amputate which will give you about 2-3 months ,really about a week before they start going down hill waste of money and very archaic for the dog sad this is all the vets are taught and know and chemo therapy is not well tolerated in dogs chemo kills healthy cells which release glucose which speeds up the cancer pathogen by giving more food glucose and Immunotherapy doesn't work either vets don't care they want to clean your wallet out and prey on your love for your dog
I stopped my Giant Schnauzers osteosarcoma by feeding raw hamburger and raw chicken with bones in, multivitamin, 880mgs Fenbendazole pure from vet compounding pharmacy per day, 8mgs of 1% Ivermectin liquid for animals which is 8/10ths of one CC , LDN 2.5mgs from compounding pharmacy , 2-Cimetidine x 3 times a day , one Loratidine x 1 per day , Benadryl x 1 per day and 200mgs melatonin per day , I'm going to look into artemisinin read about it for 7 years never needed it , she (giant schnauzer) has perfect blood work and is thriving no lung problems and C reactive protein is normal started this as soon as I found broken toe nail took three months How am I able to cure osteosarcoma but a doctor can't they just want to amputate which will give you about 2-3 months ,really about a week before they start going down hill waste of money and very archaic for the dog sad this is all the vets are taught and know and chemo therapy is not well tolerated in dogs chemo kills healthy cells which release glucose which speeds up the cancer pathogen by giving more food glucose and Immunotherapy doesn't work either vets don't care they want to clean your wallet out and prey on your love for your dog
My 10 year old 50 lb terrier hound mix, Blue, has a peripheral nerve sheath tumor affecting the nerves in his right forelimb. That limb has atrophied and he will never get full funtion back even if we were to do just radiation to get rid of the tumor. It will further atrophy and shrink becoming way less functional and a liability. He is already compensating for the issue in his gait and other activities. Radiation provider said it's better to amputate prior to therapy because after therapy the tissues woludn't be able to heal as well. We are scheduled for surgery this coming Wednesday, everyone is confident he will adapt and enjoy most of the activities he currently does. Thank you for providing this information, it has been hard to find much rhat's relevant.
I have just lost my 7yr old Spinone to Lymphoma. I noticed his sub mandibular Lymph nodes were enlarged at the end of February and he was at the vets the next day. He was diagnosed with Multicentric B cell Lymphoma Stage 4a, with spleen and liver involvement. We tried CHOP. Half way through the protocol the glands in his neck came up huge. So we swapped to a rescue med Lomustine. He had one dose of that and it reduced his white cell count to 0.1. Due to the swollen neck glands he developed aspirate pneumonia and because of the white cell count he had nothing to fight that, he was admitted to hospital and within 15 hrs he had developed sepsis. I drove to the hospital at 1.45 am and we helped him over Rainbow Bridge. That was 3 weeks ago and I still can’t believe he is gone. 😂
Sadly my cat Lyra was diagnosed with mouth cancer, she was able to keep fighting it for 7 months until her health went downhill. Her mouth tumor grew so large that she wasn't able to eat solids any more. We had to sadly put her to rest in June. Went to watch this doc, to hear the causes and symptoms for peace of mind. Missing her 💔
A possible 3rd round of Mast Cell in my 8 year old yellow lab named Yeti. She hoes in for surgery on Monday.. What my vet suggested was we put her on Purina Pro Plan, Salmon and rice for sensitive stomachs and also Benadryl to help control histamine. Problem was, we cave in to her begging at the dinner table and gave her little bites of foods she probably shouldn't have. For example, she can't have any chicken or beef products or anything closely associated like Turkey or Bison. One thing my husband and i wonder is if her early exposure to high levels of cigarette smoke as a puppy. She used to belong to my father in law before he died abd he was a chain smoker. Has anyone noticed if their dog gets mast cell recurring in the warm months when pollen is high?
many people can't afford the crazy costs for every procedure, many animals would have no homes if owners have to be able to afford these insane prices, vets should know this. it's sad
