Postsurgical Outcome in Cats with Exocrine Pancreatic Carcinoma: Nine Cases (2007-2016)
Ryan Nicoletti1, Ruthanne Chun1, Kaitlin M Curran1
1From The Regional Veterinary Referral Center, Springfield, Virginia (R.N.); University of Wisconsin-Madison Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin (R.C.); Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (K.M.C.); Centre Veterinaire Rive-Sud, Brossard, Quebec, Canada (L-P.d.L.); Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Tinton Falls, New Jersey (M.A.M.); Metropolitan Veterinary Associates and Emergency Services, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (S.R.); Southern California Veterinary Specialty Hospital, Irvine, California (C.H.Z.); and Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Fort Collins, Colorado (D.H.T.).
Abstract:
Feline exocrine pancreatic carcinoma has been reported to be an aggressive tumor with a high metastatic rate and poor prognosis. Studies reporting long-term outcome of cats after surgical removal of solitary pancreatic carcinomas are rare, due to the uncommon diagnosis and paucity of cats who undergo treatment. In this study, nine cases of feline exocrine pancreatic carcinoma from seven academic and private practice veterinary hospitals were reviewed to examine the outcome in cats undergoing surgical removal of the mass. The median postsurgical survival time for the nine cats was 316.5 days (range, 25-964 days), with three cats alive at a median follow-up time of 309 days. This study demonstrates that surgical removal of pancreatic exocrine tumors in cats with localized disease can result in survival times of over 300 days.
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