Damiano Stefanello, Elisa M Gariboldi, Patrizia Boracchi, Roberta Ferrari, Alessandra Ubiali, Donatella De Zani, Davide D Zani, Valeria Grieco, Chiara Giudice, Camilla Recordati, Mario Caniatti, Luigi Auletta, Lavinia E Chiti
BACKGROUND: The therapeutic role and prognostic relevance of lymphadenectomy in mast cell tumor (MCT) has historically been evaluated on regional rather than sentinel lymph nodes. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES: To update information about the association of histological nodal (HN) classes with clinical outcome in dogs with MCT after tumor excision and extirpation of normal-sized sentinel nodes (SLN) guided by radiopharmaceutical. ANIMALS: Ninety-four dogs with histologically-confirmed treatment-naïve MCT (71 cutaneous, 22 subcutaneous and 1 conjunctival MCT) were included if without: distant metastases, lymphadenomegaly, concurrent mixed cutaneous, and subcutaneous MCT...
March 1, 2024: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine