[quote="rimini" We want her to have best quality of life not a miserable unwell quantity..[/quote]
I am not a vet so therefore wont comment on your question. I willleave that to one of the oncologists to answer.
In terms of your above quote most dogs quite cope well with chemotherapy. You will find info on chemo and other treatments here.
http://www.caninecancer.org.au/treatment.html. Like many other dogs who are under a vet oncologist my own dog Frodo never missed a beat whilston chemo. Here is some pics of him. The ones with him playing were taken whilst he was on chemotherapy.
http://www.caninecancer.org.au/vinca.html. On my facebook page I share loads of stories on dogs from other vet oncologists around the world who do really well on chemotherapy.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caninecancerorgau/244099682407239.
Check out those links on the topic of chemotherapy whilst you are waiting for a response from the oncologists. I am sure you will realise that it is not all miserable for dogs on chemotherapy. If I was personally in a situation where I had to do the chemo path again, I would do it in a heartbeat but due to there being so many chemo protocols and options if there were any problems I would only use a specialist. It is unreasonable to expect the primary vet to know everything about cancer as they have to know so much about all the different illnesses our dogs can get. Specialists are expected to know THEIR field.