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Dr. Shawna Klahn (left) and Dr. Nick Dervisis (right) have begun a new oncology program. \u201cBootsie\u201d (left) of Blacksburg, Va., and \u201cJosie\u201d (right), a West Virginia native, are in treatment for cancer<\/p><\/div>\n

Veterinarians at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine have administered chemotherapy to about 70 animals since launching an oncology program six weeks ago. Four-year-old Burmese mountain dog Dylan’s lymph nodes are back to normal after chemotherapy to treat his lymphoma, says veterinary oncologist Shawna Klahn. “What we have done is bring in a closed or a needless system and updated the safe way of giving chemotherapy,” she said<\/em><\/strong>. WSLS-TV (Roanoke, Va.)<\/a><\/p>\n

BLACKSBURG, VA —<\/p>\n

Dylan is a Bernese Mountain Dog getting chemotherapy at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg.<\/p>\n

The school is offering a new service with the help of Doctor Shawna Klahn and Dr. Nick Dervisis.\u00a0 A biopsy showed cancer in Dylan’s lymph nodes.<\/p>\n

“It came back as lymphoma,” Dr. Klahn explained.\u00a0 “He came into oncology and we started chemotherapy, and his lymph nodes are all down to normal as of today.”<\/p>\n

Dylan is only four years old and the treatment he is getting, is expected to give him a better quality of life.<\/p>\n

“There are no hopeless cases for us,” Dr. Dervisis says.<\/p>\n

Doc is getting chemotherapy for a rare spleen cancer in cats.\u00a0 He is one of more than 70 patients that have gotten chemotherapy in the six weeks it has been offered.<\/p>\n

Safety in administering the chemo drugs is extremely important.<\/p>\n

“What we have done is bring in a closed or a needless system and updated the safe way of giving chemotherapy,” Dr. Klahn says.\u00a0 “It is safe for our staff, pets and our clients.”<\/p>\n

From custom fitted face masks to gloves that are more durable than the typical latex everyone in the oncology department is working toward the same goal.<\/p>\n

“Providing hope by improving their quality of life slowing down most of the cancer,” Dr. Dervisis says.<\/p>\n

Link to Virginia Tech Veterinary Medical School.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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