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10 Jun 2024

Pixie astounds vets with cancer fight

Dog is significantly outliving her diagnosis with a survival time of less than a year.

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Pixie astounds vets with cancer fight

Pixie is “a truly wonderful patient.”

A Jack Russell terrier cross has astounded specialist vets after battling strong two years after a multicentric lymphoma diagnosis.

Eleven-year-old Pixie’s cancer normally has a prognosis of less than a year, but she is still going thanks to ongoing treatment by the team at Cave Veterinary Specialists, Somerset.

Nele Van den Steen, internal medicine specialist at Cave, said: “The average survival time after diagnosis of multicentric lymphoma is about 11 months, but Pixie is now reaching 2 years.”

More time

Treatment has been chemotherapy based, with ongoing support from Cave’s diplomate in small animal internal medicine, Josh Hardwick.

Miss Van den Steen added: “Pixie’s a truly wonderful patient and we’re happy that the treatment has given her loving owner more time to spend with her.”