title: Survival data for canine oral extramedullary plasmacytomas: a retrospective analysis (1996-2006).
abstract: In a 10-year period, extramedullary plasmacytomas (EMP) represented 5.2% of all oral tumors found in the dog (16/302). These 16 oral EMP comprised 28.5% of all EMP within the same time period. Eleven dogs died with a median survival time of 474 days. Five dogs remain alive at the time of this writing. Dogs without complete surgical removal of the EMP and no adjuvant therapy had a median survival time of 138 days. Oral EMP have a clinical behavior consistent with EMP arising from other tissues. They have no obvious correlation with multiple myeloma, and complete surgical resection may be curative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
authors.forename: Zachary M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Kenita S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mansell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors