Medicine
8 years ago

First case of sublingual cancer in dolphin successfully treated.

PubMed
Sublingual squamous cell carcinoma in an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
Michael S. Renner, Ruth Y. Ewing, Gregory D. Bossart, D P Harris

Paper Summary

A 22-year-old dolphin had a mouth ulcer that turned out to be a type of cancer called squamous cell carcinoma. The cancer was removed completely, and it has not come back. This is the first time this type of cancer has been seen in a dolphin.

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