Hello. Please, I do need advice and help. My female cat Mussya is 17 or 18 y.o I do remember that 9 years ago she had turmor, which was removed and it was not canser. I always check her. But a week ago I took my cats for vactination and suddenly felt a small lump in her breast. I mentioned it to doctor, but she just tried to look and then, without cheking her told that it seems to be canser, that I should do X-ray and then surgery. Then she charged me as for consultation and I went home. I do know that I should do X-ray to be sure if it spread further or not, but..... Should I go further? My cat is so small, skinny, she has fits (for some noises). Is anybody had the same problem in such age? Will cat survive a surgery or the best way just to continue to enjoy each other and give her chance to live her life. I'm very sorry for my English. I'm very upset and have absolutely nobody to talk about it.

sorry, no experiance myself, but didnt want to read & run...

i would get the xray to be sure of what is going on.
hope it goes ok, please update us.

Ianthi would be the most informative person to comment here, but I'll just say you should try a different vet. There is no way, unless she's clairvoyant, that a vet could diagnose cancer without even examining the cat properly. It's ridiculous for her to imply that and then to say you should just take her word and have an op done sounds like she's trying to wring money out of you and at your cat's expense.

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Is she neutered? Chances on neutered pets are very small if they were neutered at young age.

My aunt's dog has a node on her glands that's been just checked and controlled a couple of years so far. She wasn't neutered and the vet said to just keep an eye on it.

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Where was the tumour last time? It's good to hear this lump is only a small one.

Unless the vets find it's due to infection etc, given the location I would definitely have it removed regardless of what the findings are later ie the vets will automatically send a sample to the lab. While the vast majority of mammary glad tumours are malignant fortunately not all are. One of mine had a similar mass removed at the same time as her thyroidectomy operation which actually turned out to be benign though we didn't want to take the risk of it morphing into something more sinister. The vets will run some bloodtests prior to the operation anyway to check kidneys etc but we had lots of senior kitties here who've undergone surgery and were fine afterwards. Anyway, this type of operation is fairly quick and straightforward so risks would be minimal.

Additionally, when you mention she's small and skinny, has her thyroid ever been checked? Does she actually experience fits? If this is the case then it's important to discover the cause.