
Withrow and MacEwen's Small Animal Clinical Oncology
4th Edition
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.
Key Features
- Full-color format throughout and full-color illustrations make information more accessible and provide accurate representations of clinical appearance.
- Chapters are clustered into four major sections: The Biology and Pathogenesis of Cancer, Diagnostic Procedures for the Cancer Patient, Therapeutic Modalities for the Cancer Patient, and Specific Malignancies in the Small Animal Patient.
- The consistent format includes incidence and risk factors, pathology, natural behavior of tumors, history and clinical signs, diagnostic techniques and workup, treatment options, and prognosis for specific malignancies in the small animal cancer patient.
- Features cutting edge information on the complications of cancer, pain management, and the latest treatment modalities.
Table of 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 Gastro
Details
- No. of pages:
- 864
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Saunders 2007
- Published:
- 15th December 2006
- Imprint:
- Saunders
- eBook ISBN:
- 9781455757121
- eBook ISBN:
- 9781437702019
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780721605586
About the Editor
David Vail
Affiliations and Expertise
Professor of Oncology and Director of Clinical Research, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
About the Author
Stephen Withrow
Affiliations and Expertise
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
Affiliations and Expertise
Professor of Oncology and Director of Clinical Research, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI