Outcome After Radiation Therapy in Canine Intracranial Meningiomas or Gliomas

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Outcome After Radiation Therapy in Canine Intracranial Meningiomas or Gliomas Via In vivo (Athens, Greece) In Vivo. 2021 Mar-Apr;35(2):1117-1123. doi: 10.21873/invivo.12357. ABSTRACT AIM: To characterize a group of dogs diagnosed with meningioma or glioma treated with radiation therapy and assess the clinical impact of diagnosis and radiation protocol on survival time. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Canine patient records from a single veterinary referral hospital, between 2011 and 2015, were searched for intracranial tumour cases treated with radiation therapy, as a sole modality. Thirty-two dogs were included. RESULTS: Median survival times were 524 days [95% confidence interval (CI)=287-677] in total, 512 days (95% CI=101-682) for the glioma group and 536 days (95% CI=249-677) for the meningioma group. No significant difference in survival was detected when using a definitive or a palliative protocol (p=0.130), nor other prognostic factors were found. CONCLUSION: Our results highlight the efficacy of radiation therapy in the tre atment of canine meningioma, as well as glioma, suggesting a change in the current perception of the response of glial tumours to radiation. PMID:33622909 | DOI:10.21873/invivo.12357 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.