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Fourth Edition
By
Stephen Withrow, DVM, DACVS, DACVIM(Oncology), Stuart Professor of Surgery and Oncology, Director, Animal Cancer Center, Comparative Oncology Unit, College
of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
David Vail, DVM, MS, DACVIM(Oncology), Professor of Oncology and Director of Clinical Research, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Description
Focusing on cancer in dogs and cats, this extensively updated 4th edition provides comprehensive coverage of the latest advances in clinical
oncology, including chemotherapy, surgical oncology, and diagnostic techniques. Ideal for students, practitioners, and those involved
in academic research, this book's full-color images and user-friendly format provide quick and easy access to today's most important
information on cancer in the small animal patient.
Contents
Why Worry About Cancer in Companion Animals?
SECTION I: THE BIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF CANCER
1. The Etiology
of Cancer
NEW!
a) Genetic Factors
b) Chemical, Physical, and Hormonal Factors
c) Cancer-Causing
Viruses
2. Tumor Biology and Metastasis
3. The Pathology of Neoplasia
4. The Epidemiology and Incidence of Cancer
NEW!
5. Paraneoplastic Syndromes
SECTION II: DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES FOR THE CANCER PATIENT
6.
Diagnostic Imaging in Clinical Oncology
7. Diagnostic Cytology in Clinical Oncology
8. Molecular Diagnostics
NEW!
9.
Biopsy Principles
SECTION III: THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES FOR THE CANCER PATIENT
10. Surgical Oncology
11.
Cancer Chemotherapy
12. Radiation Therapy
13. Immunotherapy of Cancer
14. Molecular Targeted Therapy of Cancer
NEW!
a)
Gene Therapy for Cancer
b) Signal Transduction and Cancer
c) RNA Inference
d) Telomeres and Telomerase in Cancer
Therapeutics
e) Targeting Angiogenesis and Tumor Vasculature
f) Novel and Emerging Therapeutic Targets
15. Miscellaneous
Treatments for Solid Tumors
a) Cryosurgery
b) Hyperthermia
c) Photodynamic Therapy
16. Supportive Cancer
Care
NEW!
a) Management of Chronic Cancer Pain
b) Nutritional Management of the Cancer Patient
c)
Pawspice: End of Life and Hospice Care
d) Bond-Centered Cancer Care: An Applied Approach to Euthanasia and Grief Support
17.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Patients with Cancer
SECTION IV: SPECIFIC MALIGNANCIES IN THE SMALL ANIMAL
PATIENT
18. Tumors of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues
19. Mast Cell Tumors
20. Soft Tissue Sarcomas
21.
Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract
a) Cancer of the Oral Cavity
b) Cancer of the Salivary Glands
c) Esophageal
Cancer
d) Cancer of the Exocrine Pancreas
e) Gastric Cancer
f) Hepatobiliary Tumors
g) Tumors of the Intestinal
Tract
h) Perianal Tumors
22. Tumors of the Respiratory System
a) Cancer of the Nasal Planum
b) Cancer of
the Larynx and Trachea
c) Lung Cancer
d) Nasal Tumors
23. Tumors of the Skeletal System
24. Tumors of the
Endocrine System
25. Tumors of the Female Reproductive System
26. Tumors of the Mammary Gland
27. Tumors of the
Male Reproductive System
28. Tumors of the Urinary System
29. Tumors of the Nervous System
30. Ocular Tumors
31.
Hematopoietic Tumors
a) Canine Lymphoma and Lymphoid Leukemias
b) Feline Lymphoma and Leukemia
c) Canine Acute Myeloid
Leukemia, Chronic Myeloproliferative Diseases, and Myelodysplasia
d) Plasma Cell Neoplasms
32. Miscellaneous Tumors
a)
Hemangiosarcoma
b) Thymoma
c) Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor
d) Mesothelioma
e) Neoplasia of the Heart
f)
Histiocytic Diseases
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 864 pages, publication date: DEC-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7216-0558-6
ISBN-10: 0-7216-0558-3
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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