A new FDA-approved drug claims to cure most mast cell tumors, in some cases with only a single injection.
It’s good news for dog owners who have concerns about skin tumors on their pooch. Fox 26 spoke with one dog owner from Cypress who is speaking highly on this treatment after it saved her French Bulldog from an amputation.
"They recommended amputation of his toe." That would have been the fate for Janette Schulze's dog, King Louis, if they went through with traditional treatments for a mast cell tumor after she noticed a bump on his foot last August. Janette had already been down this road before, having to make the heartbreaking decision to put down her Yorkie, Elli, two years ago after her mast cell tumor came back.
Janette was determined to avoid the same outcome with King Louis. After a lot of research, Janette came across a new, less invasive treatment called Stelfonta. An injectable drug for mast cell tumors. She found one of the few veterinarians in the Greater Houston area that offered the drug."Recovery for a normal surgery is about two weeks, so we say 10 to 14 days, and then after that you still got to take out stitches, pretty much.