Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.
Southfields Veterinary Specialists (formerly VRCC Veterinary Referrals), Essex, U.K.
In Vivo. 2021 Mar-Apr;35(2):1117-1123. doi: 10.21873/invivo.12357.
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.
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.
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.
Our results highlight the efficacy of radiation therapy in the treatment of canine meningioma, as well as glioma, suggesting a change in the current perception of the response of glial tumours to radiation.
对一组接受放射治疗的诊断为脑膜瘤或神经胶质瘤的犬进行描述,并评估诊断和放射方案对生存时间的临床影响。
在 2011 年至 2015 年间,对一家兽医转诊医院的犬类患者记录进行了搜索,以寻找接受单纯放射治疗的颅内肿瘤病例。共纳入 32 只犬。
总生存时间中位数为 524 天[95%置信区间(CI)=287-677],神经胶质瘤组为 512 天(95%CI=101-682),脑膜瘤组为 536 天(95%CI=249-677)。使用确定性或姑息性方案时,未检测到生存时间的显著差异(p=0.130),也未发现其他预后因素。
我们的结果强调了放射治疗对犬脑膜瘤以及神经胶质瘤治疗的疗效,这表明目前对胶质肿瘤对放射的反应的认识可能需要改变。