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ArticleJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2008

Biphasic pulses enhance bleomycin efficacy in a spontaneous canine genital tumor model of chemoresistance: Sticker sarcoma.

Enrico P Spugnini, Ivan Dotsinsky, Nikolay Mudrov, Gennaro Citro, Alfredo D'Avino, Alfonso Baldi

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Article in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular investigation of the role of papillomaviruses in the etiology of transmissible venereal tumors (TVT) in dogs.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Enrico P SpugniniSAFU Department, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy. info@enricospugnini.net
Ivan Dotsinsky
Nikolay Mudrov
Gennaro Citro
Alfredo D'Avino
Alfonso Baldi
University Hospital St. Ivan Rilski · BGUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sticker's sarcoma (also known as transmissible venereal tumor) is a horizontally transmitted neoplasm of the dog, that is passed with coitus. It is a locally aggressive tumor with a low tendency to metastatic spread. The most common locations are the genitals, the nose, the perianal area. Standard treatment consists with chemotherapy with vincristine, however other therapies such as, cryotherapy, immunotherapy or, in selected cases, radiation therapy, have been reported. In this article we describe the outcome of a small cohort of canine patients, with chemotherapy resistant transmissible venereal tumor (TVT), treated with bleomycin selectively driven by trains of biphasic pulses (electrochemotherapy). Three canine patients, with refractory TVT, entered the study and received two sessions of ECT under sedation. The pets had local injection of bleomycin at the concentration of 1.5 mg/ml and five minutes after the chemotherapy, trains of 8 biphasic electric pulses lasting 50 + 50 mus each, with 1 ms interpulse intervals, were delivered by means of modified caliper or, for difficult districts, through paired needle electrode. All the patients responded to the treatment and are still in remission at different times. Electrochemotherapy appears as a safe and efficacious modality for the treatment of TVT and warrants further investigations.

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Anal Gland NeoplasmsAnimalsAntibiotics, AntineoplasticBleomycinCombined Modality TherapyDisease Models, AnimalDog DiseasesDogsElectrochemotherapyMaleSarcomaVenereal Tumors, VeterinaryAntibiotics, AntineoplasticBleomycin

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PMID18980687
PMCPMC2596090
OpenAlexW2148758429

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