Canine and feline geriatric oncology : honoring the human-animal bond /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Villalobos, Alice
Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Other Authors: Kaplan, Laurie, MSC
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub. Professional, [2007]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
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.