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Originally Posted by egri
Three days ago, my 9 year old golden (he'll turn 10 next Sunday) was diagnosed with cancer in his knee. I took him in for an ultrasound today, and the vet said that there is cancer in one of his other organs (can't remember which one right now) and they'd need to do more testing to determine if it is a separate cancer or if it's the cancer from his knee spreading to other parts of his body. I scheduled the additional testing for Thursday, so hopefully that will clear it up, and hopefully it is treatable.
Has anyone here been through this before? It was a total shock to me; I know it's common in his breed, but he never showed any of the symptoms.
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Scott - luckily, we live in a generation with lots of information available. One of my favorite shows, when I can catch an episode, is Animal Planet's Dogs101 - and there are lots of breeds represented on YouTube where I found the Golden Lab episode which does mention not only the breed's occurrence of cancer, but also hip problems common to larger breeds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M75Z0VrtpMo
I consider these videos a wonderful resource...hope it helps and I hope you and your friend make it through these difficult times.
Best of luck,
Raymond
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