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How long can a dog live with pancreatic cancer?

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Pancreatic cancer is one of the more difficult ones to treat. Removal of the tumor may have gained your dog a few months of life, but would not have resulted in a cure. The best that can be hoped for with further treatment is to add some time. read more

Pancreatic cancer develops as abnormal pancreatic cells multiply rapidly in the pancreas. These cells don't die, but continue growing to form tumors. As the stages of pancreatic cancer progress in dogs, tissue in the pancreas begins to die. In the later stages of pancreatic cancer, tumors can spread to other organs, causing tissue death and organ dysfunction throughout the body. read more

A dog with a splenectomy following hemangiosarcoma and no further care of any kind could live 3 months (more than 1.5 “human” years) or longer. With chemo maybe 7, and with diet, supplements, and the rest of the full spectrum plan maybe much longer. read more

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