Thailand claims world’s first cancer operation and intravenous chemotherapy for elephant

 

 

Thai veterinarians have successfully removed a 5-kg cancerous tumor from the intestines of a female elephant and, later, applied intravenous chemotherapy until the animal was cleared of cancer in what could be claimed as the world’s first case of successful cancer treatment of an elephant.

 

Sarun Chansitthivech, manager of the Lampang-Krabi elephant conservation centre of the National Elephant Institute, has attributed the successful operation and follow-up intravenous therapy to good cooperation from veterinary faculties of Kasetsart, Chiang Mai and Chulalongkorn universities which have provided necessary equipment used during the operation process.

 

He said that the 30-year-old female elephant, Thongdee, was very weak and thin when it was first brought to the elephant hospital in the northern province of Lampang early last year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailand-claims-worlds-first-cancer-operation-and-intravenous-chemotherapy-for-elephant/

 

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I wonder if the elephant had insurance, or reverted to a go-fund-me trunk-call ??