Different Types of Cancer in Cats
23 May 2007
The words, sarcoma, neoplasia or neoplasm and tumor are all used for different types of cancer. Cancer is a dreaded disease, which more often than not, is fatal for the infected. Feline cancer can be as dangerous as cancer in dogs and therefore symptoms of the same need to be monitored regularly.
Monitoring cancer symptoms is not easy since there are various kinds of cancer that can afflict a cat. Constant observation is required to ensure that none of the symptoms that are characteristic of any kind of cancer go unnoticed. Cancer can occur in almost any organ of the body.
The most common cancers that have been found to afflict cats are cancerous tumors (solid mass of abnormal cells) and leukemia (blood cancer).
Basal cell tumors can be malignant or benign and start from the epithelial (membranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the body) layer of the skin. It requires invasive surgery for removal of the tumor and in most cases it usually cures the cat. Basal cell tumors are most common in Siamese cats.
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