Veterinary oncology secrets /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rosenthal, Robert C., 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Hanley & Belfus, [2001]
Series:Secrets series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. General principles
  • Epidemiology, etiology, and public health
  • Cancer biology, metastasis, and paraneoplasia
  • Clinical trials, statistics, and evidence-based medicine
  • Psychosocial issues
  • Pt. 2. Diagnosis
  • History, physical examination, and diagnostic testing
  • Cytologic evaluation of neoplasia
  • Role of the pathologist in veterinary oncology
  • Imaging of the oncology patient
  • Tumor markers
  • Pt. 3. Therapy
  • Principles of surgical oncology
  • Radiation oncology
  • Theory of chemotherapy
  • Chemotherapeutic agents
  • Safe handling of cytotoxic agents
  • Biologic response modification
  • Hyperthermia
  • Photodynamic therapy
  • Complementary and alternative cancer therapy: cure of quackery?
  • Nutritional considerations
  • Pt. 4. Tumors by major site
  • Oncologic emergencies and chemotherapeutic complications
  • Gastrointestinal tumors
  • Tumors of the skin and subcutis in dogs and cats
  • Endocrine and neuroendocrine neoplasms
  • Bone tumors
  • Tumors of the respiratory tract
  • Tumors of the reproductive tract
  • Tumors of the urinary tract
  • Neoplasia of the nervous system
  • Ocular tumors
  • Hemolymphatic disorders
  • Oral tumors in dogs and cats
  • Pt. 5. Miscellaneous tumors and special considerations
  • Mast cell disease
  • Hemangiosarcoma
  • Canine transmissible venereal tumor
  • Thymoma
  • Mesothelioma
  • Feline leukemia virus (FeLV)
  • Vaccine-associated sarcomas
  • Malignant histiocytosis.