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1 online resource (xiii, 235 pages : illustrations).
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.
"Questions you will be asked: on rounds, in the clinic, on oral exams"--Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
179579:175941 Elsevier Science & Technology