Decision Making in Small Animal Oncology
Decision Making in Small Animal Oncology is a practical manual for the increasing number of veterinarians called upon to treat patients with cancer. This case-based quick reference leads practitioners through diagnosis, treatment, and management decisions, offering reliable guidance for more effective management of cancer care. With easy-to-follow algorithms to assist the reader through the critical thinking process, Decision Making in Small Animal Oncology answers the questions most commonly asked in daily practice to provide the cancer knowledge practitioners and students need in general practice.
Autor: David J. Argyle, BVMS, PhD, DECVIM-CA (Oncology), MRCVS, is the William Dick Professor of Veterinary Clinical Studies at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Malcolm J. Brearley, MA, VetMB, MSc (Clin. Onc), DECVIM-CA (Oncology) FRCVS, is Principal Clinical Oncologist at the Queen's Veterinary School Hospital, University of Cambridge, Michelle Turek, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology), DACVR (Radiation Oncology), is a staff oncologist at Angell Animal Medical Center's Cancer Care Center, Boston, MA.
| Nakladatel | Wiley-Blackwell |
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| ISBN | 9780813822754 |
| Vydání | 2008 |
| Vazba | brožovaná |
| Počet stran | 390 |
| Forward. | 1 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction : Cancer Biology and Terminology | 3 |
| Chapter 2 Paraneoplastic Syndromes | 19 |
| Chapter 3 Clinical Approach to the Cancer Patient | 19 |
| Chapter 4 Biopsy, Tissue Handling and Interpretation | 51 |
| Chapter 5 Cancer Treatment Modalities | 69 |
| Chapter 6 Tumours of the Skin and Subcutis | 129 |
| Chapter 7 Mast Cell Tumours | 147 |
| Chapter 8 Canine and Feline Histiocytic Disorders | 161 |
| Introduction | . |
| Histiocyte Biology | . |
| Canine Cutaneous Histiocytoma | . |
| Canine Cutaneous Histiocytoma Decision Tree | . |
| Systemic Histiocytosis | . |
| Haemophagocytic Histiocytic Sarcoma | . |
| Feline Histiocytic Sarcoma | . |
| Chapter 9 Canine Lymphoma and Leukaemia | 17 |
| Lymphoma | . |
| Canine Leukaemias | . |
| Feline Leukaemia | . |
| Chapter 11 Splenic Tumours | 211 |
| Differential diagnoses for splenic masses in the dog and cat | . |
| Differential diagnoses for Uniform splenomegaly in the dog and cat | . |
| Diagnostic Decision Tree in Splenic lesions | . |
| Tumours usually associated with metastatic disease in the spleen | . |
| Chapter 12 Gastrointestinal Tumours | 217 |
| General Clinical Features Associated with Gastrointestinal Malignancies | . |
| A General Diagnostic Decision Tree in Gastrointestinal Tumours | . |
| Oral Tumours | . |
| Salivary Tumours in Dogs and Cats | . |
| Oesophageal Tumours in Dogs and Cats | . |
| Gastric Tumours in Dogs and Cats | . |
| Intestinal and Rectal Tumours | . |
| Perianal Tumours | . |
| Hepatobiliary Tumours | . |
| Exocrine Pancreatic Tumours | . |
| Chapter 13 Tumours of the Respiratory System | 239 |
| Nasosinal tumours in dogs | . |
| Nasosinal tumours in cats | . |
| Laryngeal Tumours in Dogs | . |
| Laryngeal Tumours in Cats | . |
| Tracheal Tumours in Dogs and Cats | . |
| Lung Tumours in Dogs | . |
| Pulmonary Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis in the Dog | . |
| Lung Tumours in Cats | . |
| Chapter 14 Endocrine Tumours | 283 |
| Tumours of the Endocrine System and their associated syndromes: | . |
| Pituitary and Adrenal (functional glucocorticoid secreting) Tumours | . |
| Somatotroph Tumours (Causing feline Acromegaly) | . |
| Adrenal Gland Tumours | . |
| The Incidental Adrenal Mass | . |
| Thyroid Tumours in Dogs | . |
| Feline Thyroid Tumours | . |
| Parathyroid Tumours | . |
| Islet b-Cell Tumours of the Pancreas | . |
| Miscellaneous Endocrine Tumours | . |
| Chapter 15 Tumours of the urinary system | 303 |
| Lower Urinary Tract tumours | . |
| Upper Urinary Tract tumours | . |
| Chapter 16 Tumours of the Reproductive Tract. | 315 |
| Part 1: The Female Reproductive Tract | . |
| Ovarian Tumours | . |
| Uterine Tumours | . |
| Vaginal and Vulval Tumours | . |
| Transmissible Venereal Tumour (TVT) | . |
| Part 2: Tumours of the Male Reproductive Tract | 315 |
| Prostatic Carcinoma | . |
| Testicular Tumours | . |
| Tumours of the Penis and Prepuce: | . |
| Chapter 17 Canine and Feline Mammary Tumours | 327 |
| Canine Mammary Gland Tumours (MGT) | . |
| Classification of Canine and Feline Mammary Tumours | . |
| Feline Mammary Tumours | . |
| Chapter 18 Tumours of the Musculoskeletal System | 337 |
| Bone tumours | . |
| Soft tissue sarcomas in Dogs | . |
| Notes on FISS cases and their management | . |
| Histiocytic sarcoma (localised). | . |
| Histiocytic sarcoma (disseminated). | . |
| Prognosis soft tissue sarcomas in dogs and cats | . |
| Chapter 19 Tumours of the Brain, Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerves and Special Senses | 355 |
| Tumours of the Brain | . |
| Spinal cord tumours | . |
| Tumours of Peripheral nerves | . |
| Tumours of the Eye and Associated Structures | . |
| Chapter 20 Miscellaneous Tumours | 369 |
| Part 1: Cranial Mediastinal Mass | . |
| Part 2: Malignant Effusions | . |
| Part 3: Cardiac Tumours | . |
| Index | 373 |