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Data collected included signalment, presenting complaints, blood test results, diagnosis, tumor imaging characteristics, and date of death.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Median survival time from date of diagnosis was 313\u00a0days (range, 2-1308). Dogs with a presenting complaint of weight loss (P\u00a0=\u00a0.03) had a significantly shorter median survival time (128\u00a0days) than those without weight loss (341\u00a0days). Dogs presented with abdominal effusion (P\u00a0=\u00a0.03) had a significantly shorter median survival time (227\u00a0days) than dogs without effusion (331.5\u00a0days). Dogs with multiple hepatic masses (P\u00a0=\u00a0.004) had a significantly shorter median survival time (209.5\u00a0days) than dogs with a solitary mass (346\u00a0days). Higher aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity and lower hematocrit (Hct) within 30\u00a0days of CT were associated with shorter median survival times (P\u00a0=\u00a0.02 and P\u00a0=\u00a0.01, respectively). Tumor volume\/body weight ratio was not significantly related to survival time (P\u00a0=\u00a0.8).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and clinical importance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Poor prognostic factors for dogs with hepatic tumors include weight loss, abdominal effusion, multiple hepatic masses, increased AST activity, and low Hct.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/jvimsj\/aalag172","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,24]],"date-time":"2026-08-24T20:29:21Z","timestamp":1787603361000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Prognosis and associated risk factors after conservative management of dogs with liver tumors"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"40","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-1390-8914","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shana 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