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Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 42:321-325 (2006)
© 2006 American Animal Hospital Association

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Dealing With Chemotherapy Extravasations: A New Technique

Alice Villalobos, DVM

From the Animal Oncology Consultation Service, 20051 Ventura Boulevard, Woodland Hills, California 91364; 20805 Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance, California 90503; and the Pawspice Care Clinic, 11057 East Roscrans Avenue, Norwalk, California 90650.

Doxorubicin, vincristine, and vinblastine are chemotherapeutic drugs commonly used in the treatment of cancer in pets. It takes technical skill to administer these drugs, because they are caustic sclerotics. If doxorubicin is extravasated into the perivascular tissues, the results may be devastating. The attending nurse and clinician must act vigorously to immediately remove every drop of the drug spilled into the tissues. Unfortunately, little has been written on how to effectively do that, but this paper describes an aggressive technique that can be used to combat such a spill.






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