Ziggy

Ziggy is the sweetest 11 year old cat who had an aggressive fibrosarcoma on her head. It was removed several times but because of the location, cancer free margins were never possible, and it kept returning. At the beginning of July, it returned and proved to be even more aggressive. This time, it had wrapped around her eye (in her eyelid and on the bridge of her nose, see picture) and surgery was not an option for Ziggy. Thus, we decided to treat Ziggy with Electrochemotherapy (ECT). This treatment delivers small electrical pulses to cancer cells to improve the ability of chemotherapy to enter the cells, resulting in a rapid and more thorough destruction of tumors. Because ECT allows us to limit chemotherapy only to the tumor itself and use a very low dose, side effects are minimal. On July 9th, Ziggy received a single treatment of electrochemotherapy. Within 2 weeks, the tumor had flattened, and by 4 weeks, only a scab remained (see pictures)!!! We are thrilled with Ziggy’s results and can’t wait to see more patients benefit from this therapy!

Ziggy