A mast cell tumor is a cancer of a particular type of blood cell normally involved in the body’s allergic or inflammatory responses.

Further studies are indicated to determine the most effective dose of prednisone, the appropriate duration of treatment, and the efficacy in more benign mast cell tumors, and in combination with other forms of therapy.Please check your email for instructions on resetting your password.

We therefore conclude that prednisone is effective in some canine mast cell tumors. and you may need to create a new Wiley Online Library account.Enter your email address below and we will send you your usernameIf the address matches an existing account you will receive an email with instructions to retrieve your username Four of these underwent partial remission and one underwent complete remission. Twenty-five dogs with naturally occurring mast cell tumors were treated with daily oral prednisone (1 mg/kg) for 28 days. The TKI drugs, Palladia and Kinavet target this genetic mutation specifically.

Mast cell tumors are the most common skin tumors in dogs. 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Five dogs (20%) had reduction in tumor volume and were considered responders.

Further studies are warranted to evaluate this protocol in a larger patient cohort and as an adjunct to surgery for high‐grade MCTs.

Successive tumours should be classified independently.Please check your email for instructions on resetting your password. Five dogs (20%) had reduction in tumor volume and were considered responders.