Gastrointestinal Neoplasms

Journal Club: "Retrospective study of survival time and prognostic factors for dogs with small intestinal adenocarcinoma treated by tumour excision with or without adjuvant chemotherapy" by Smith et al.

Quick Clinical Takeaways * Majority of dogs with small intestinal adenocarcinomas are male and older than 8 years old * Most present with non-specific gastrointestinal signs. Pulmonary metastasis is uncommon, and the most common abdominal ultrasonographic abnormality includes an intestinal mass with partial or complete obstruction, sometimes mimicking a foreign body