Serum alpha 1-acid glycoprotein concentration in cats with lymphoma

Serum alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) concentrations were evaluated in nine cats with lymphoma. Twenty-five healthy cats were used as controls. Blood samples were obtained from cats with lymphoma prior to induction chemothera py, one week following induction, at complete response, and at monthly inte rvals. The median pretreatment AGP concentration for-the nine cats with lym phoma was significantly higher than the median AGP concentration for the 25 control cats. Remission serum AGP concentration was not significantly diff erent from the pretreatment AGP concentration in the cats with lymphoma. Se rum AGP concentrations provided no useful information regarding response or survival in cats with lymphoma.