help - cat diagnosed with "rare and aggressive" cancer
My cat (10 yrs old female) had a lumpectomy on Aug 1. The vet just called back today to let me know that the mass was a cancer that is rarely found in domestic cats and is typically aggressive. She also stated that she had not cut out enough tissue around the mass, but was concerned that if she cut any deeper it would hit her lungs.
I request the results. It says it is a apocrine sweat gland adenocarcinoma. Google is not turning up much on this as it pertains to cats.
It also seems notable to mention that my cat was at the vet for another lumpectomy back in April. 664
The vet told me she had "partial results" that looked clean, but then never called to explain the final results, and we made the assumption that all was well. Then we found the new lump, that is cancer and requested the old lab results from back in April. The notes said that the mass they found then was a "mammary duct ectasia", benign, but that it should be considered a neoplastic change and monitored. We were never told what this means and a follow up wasn't scheduled or an X-ray to further examine the area, which seems like it would have been a good move considering the suggestion that it be monitored.
Please help me. This is my first pet ever and I have no idea what to do. Has anyone heard of this cancer? Does my vet sound unreasonably irresponsible or am I overreacting? 961