My senior German Shepherd has a leg lump. Is surgery risky for bone cancer?

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Hi I have a female German Shepherd dog she is 12years old now but now a days she is suffering from a big problem few months back whn we had given her waxin after that suddenly 1 day we saw a big swelling that place it was given on back left leg. We see the docter n gave few medicine thn she was ok but again aftef 15days swelling can be seen thn we went to docter we gave few more medicine n injections sice last 1 month but Dr. Told mite she has bone cancer due to lump kind n opretion is risk ?

Dr. Elizabeth · Accepted Answer

I'm sorry to hear this is happening. Unfortunately, bone cancer tends to be aggressive. I would recommend first having radiographs done to verify that a tumor is present. If there is in fact bone cancer, talk to her vet to see if surgery makes sense. Many times these tumors have already spread by the time clinical signs show up. The lump could have other origins as well so the first step is to find out what it is. I hope this helps!

My senior German Shepherd has a leg lump. Is surgery risky for bone cancer?

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