Canine and feline geriatric oncology : honoring the human-animal bond /
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| Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
Blackwell Pub. Professional,
[2007]
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Table of Contents:
- Molecular biology of cancer and aging
- Caring for geriatric cancer patients : what is needed aside from medical care
- The warning signs of cancer in geriatric pets
- Basic types of cancer and their biological behavior
- Generating the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer in geriatric pets
- Treating cancer in geriatric pets
- Pain control for the geriatric cancer patient
- Decision making with advanced and recurrent cancer in the geriatric patient
- When and how to decide that a geriatric cancer patient is terminal
- Palliative care : end of life "Pawspice" care
- Euthanasia for the geriatric cancer patient
- Specific tumor protocols
- Handouts for clients
- Cartoon maps.