Could my cat's urinary diet for bladder crystals cause cancer?

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My cat is recovering from crystals in her bladder and we have been told that the diet they have put her on because of them may have caused her to have cancer. I'm not quite sure of all of the prognosis' for this. Was is the likelihood it is cancer or something else and what else could it be. Thank you in advance. Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Female | spayed | 3 years and 6 months old

Linda G, MS, DVM · Accepted Answer

Hello, & thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. If I am reading your question correctly, you indicate that Sapphire's urinary diet may have contributed to her developing cancer. I have never heard of this. Now, any chronic inflammation/irritation does have the potential to possibly incite a tissue to mutate to a malignant form, but again, this would be very unusual. For example, a bone cancer can developed at the site of a previous fracture in very rare instances. If your veterinarians have submitted urine to a laboratory, the sample should have come back with evidence of cancer cells. An ultrasound should also provide evidence of cancer, as well as a biopsy of the urinary bladder. If there is no evidence of cancer ( & I would be very suspicious of this in such a young cat ), then I would have no issues keeping Sapphire on a urinary diet to keep her crystalluria under control.

Could my cat's urinary diet for bladder crystals cause cancer?

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