Anyone have experience with epilus oral tumors? - Page 1

This tumor showed up 6 weeks ago and was the size of the head of a pin, it has since grown.  My vet said if it grows from original size, good chance it is malignant.  He said he has seen an increase in these types of tumors since more fracking wells went in around us.  Anyone have had a similar tumor in their dog?  Thank you in advance for any advice or stories.....

I do have experience and yes it was malignant not a shepherd though but an 8 year old Samoyed female. Lost her young. I would definitely find an oral (dental) doggy specialist and get a second opinion as there is a guy here, not cheap but is really a good dental specialist. Is this an older dog?? Just curious. It is possible the dental spec. may be able to tell something from a gum scraping, there is all sorts of different things these specialists can do above and beyond the all around vets. Good luck Nan

Nan, she is 11 years old and it showed up as a very small bump 6 weeks ago and has grown.  My vet wants to do a scraping or biopsy to see if it is malignant.  I won't do chemo or radiation at her age, just make her comfortable if it comes to that point.  Hopefully it can be removed and that will be the end of cancer.  My 13 year old is slowing down now so we may be looking at both going around the same time down the road.  

I know it is so tuff having more than one senior, one senior is enough, but two... Not fare, my girl had a biopsy and ten days later it exploded into a hugh tumor, on the outside gum area then moved to her complete jaw and down her neck. Was horrific and fast growing once they disturbed "it"... So unless you feel it absolutely necessary to do scraping I would just leave it alone and watch it. JMHO Best of luck though ... Nan

My genetics professor who studied cancer for 25 year always said once oxygen gets to the cancer cells, their growth explodes.  I am trying to avoid any disturbance of it if I can help it.  I am moving out of Texas back to Florida in 6 weeks, so if any vet is going to do anything, it is my vet here, he is awesome and not anywhere near as expensive as Florida vets are.  I am giving her essiac tea which was what a friend of mine gave her dog with malignant tumors and he is doing fine, no surgery and no tumors so here is hoping.

I am sorry to hear about your dog. As it was previously mentioned, biopsy may lead to tumor growth acceleration, but the chance of it is pretty small: http://www.cancertreatmentwatch.org/general/biopsies.shtml You should observe your pet for a while, but if malformation continues to grow, it would probably be sensible to diagnose it and use some of anticancer drug like toceranib - https://vetxed.com/en/p/Palladia/ .
I hope you guys will get better.

I too at 11 would leave it unless it grows on its own.
I know for a fact that with my sister, once that cancer is opened, it runs rampant through the whole body.