Veterinary oncology secrets /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Hanley & Belfus,
[2001]
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| Series: | Secrets series.
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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.