title: Palliation of clinical signs in 48 dogs with nasal carcinomas treated with coarse-fraction radiation therapy.
abstract: Data from 48 dogs with nasal carcinomas treated with palliative radiation therapy (PRT) were retrospectively reviewed. Factors potentially influencing resolution of clinical signs and survival after PRT were evaluated. Clinical signs completely resolved in 66% of dogs for a median of 120 days. The overall median survival time was 146 days. Duration of response to PRT was shorter in dogs that had clinical signs for <90 days before PRT. Survival times were shorter in dogs that had partial or no resolution of clinical signs after PRT than in dogs that had complete resolution of clinical signs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, Cornell University Hospital for Animals, CPC Box 31, Tower Road, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gieger
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rassnick
authors.forename: Sheri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Proulx
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bergman
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: LaDue
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Northrup
authors.forename: Royce
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D004285:Dogs; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011996:Records / Q000662:veterinary; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome