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Old 05-04-2011, 02:38 PM
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Cancer in a 4yo horse?

That's gotta be pretty uncommon, no?
Lost in the Fog comes to mind. Her problems began with the liver issues.
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Old 05-04-2011, 02:42 PM
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Sad indeed...RIP girl!!
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Old 05-04-2011, 02:48 PM
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Lost in the Fog comes to mind. Her problems began with the liver issues.
Duh. I forgot about him.

Still, there don't seem to be very many.

When did she get sick?
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Old 05-04-2011, 02:49 PM
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RIP... I was a big fan.
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Old 05-04-2011, 02:57 PM
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So sorry to hear this. I'm really sad and it's sorta taken the steam out of me.

I'm sorry you were sick for so long. RIP beautiful girl.
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Old 05-04-2011, 03:17 PM
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That's very sad news. Deep condolences to her owners.

Some information: Lymphosarcoma is very rare in young animals. There is probably nothing "causal" to it (that we are aware of), it simply happens (like bone cancer in young humans). It's very sad to diagnose this in young animals as you don't have many options to try, and lymphosarc in young animals is very difficult to put into remission.

In older animals, however, it's one of the most successful, rewarding and easiest cancers to treat into a good remission (generally speaking).

It's difficult sometimes to find growths and masses on the internal organs of horses, simply due to their size. Dogs and cats (and humans) we can ultrasound all their organs readily and thoroughly at virtually any facility, take biopsies either via ultrasound-guided or directly through an easy, quick surgery. You can get to a diagnosis of lymphosarcoma quickly and readily.

With horses it nearly always takes referral to a facility where MRI or advanced imaging or surgical procedures can be done, to get a definitive diagnosis. It's harder to get to or verify a diagnosis easily or readily, simply due to their size.
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Old 05-04-2011, 03:30 PM
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Terrible news. I kept hoping she'd make it back to health. RIP baby girl.
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Old 05-04-2011, 07:27 PM
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too bad; had known she'd had hepatitis, but was hoping for the best. what a shame.
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Old 05-04-2011, 02:58 PM
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RIP girl

I remember this from last year:

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...e-to-hepatitis

That wouldn't be in any way related would it?
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Old 05-04-2011, 02:48 PM
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Lost in the Fog comes to mind. Her problems began with the liver issues.
There allegedly was another horse that shipped into the same Belmont barn as Lost In The Fog for the '05 BC (I think from Woodbine--a 2yo filly) that a few months later also died of some sort of cancer.

I wonder if there was any sort of official look into that coincidence.
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Old 05-04-2011, 02:49 PM
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Lost in the Fog comes to mind. Her problems began with the liver issues.
Turned out he actually was running well while sick, no?
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Old 05-04-2011, 03:04 PM
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Turned out he actually was running well while sick, no?
Yes. Then they found a enormous growth in his stomach when he started tailing off.
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Old 05-04-2011, 03:05 PM
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Old 05-04-2011, 03:06 PM
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It was her flat race in the Alabama that caused them to do tests on her. I hope she did not suffer...
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Old 05-04-2011, 03:13 PM
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It was her flat race in the Alabama that caused them to do tests on her. I hope she did not suffer...
Hepatitis and cancer?

That's pretty grim.
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