Hi Jo - look into the Navy Protocol for your dog. My dog had late stage bone cancer at 12 and was a big dog and not one that I wanted to have the vet amputate his limb (nor did my vet want to). he suggested the Navy Protocol (named after a young Golden Retriever pup that first received the treatment and became cancer free after being diagnosed as late stae with no chane of survival). My vet was also a cancer specialist so I chose the Navy Protocol and my dog lived longer than pathology thought he would and he had complete quality of life due to the Navy Protocol. It is being used by experienced vets for many types of cancers - but the type of cancer determines the particular "cocktail" mix of medicines. You can probably find some info on the internet - I do know that they are starting to test on humans and actually many of the targeting therapies now available for humans are doing the same functions in theory as the Navy Protocol. Basically the cocktail, boosts the immune system, blocks the blood supply to and production of the blood vessels that feed the cancers and usually and anti-inflammatory which helps the cells remain normal and not mutate. Even cancers of the blood have a cocktail they can use. Worth checking into because it is not expensive and does seem to hold some cancers at bay if nothing else to give the dog some quality time.
karen