Surgery alone or in combination with radiation therapy for treatment of intracranial meningiomas in dogs: 31 cases (1989-2002)

摘要: Objective—To compare, for dogs with intracranial meningiomas, survival times treated surgical resection followed by radiation therapy surgery alone. Design—Retrospective study. Animals—31 meningiomas. Procedure—Medical records of histologic confirmation an meningioma were reviewed. For each dog, signalment, clinical signs, tumor location, treatment protocol, and time obtained from the medical record through follow-up telephone interviews. Results—Dogs that underwent alone survived > 1 week after had a median 7 months (range, 0.5 to 22 months). Dogs 16.5 3 58 Conclusions Clinical Relevance—Results suggest in use as supplement can significan...