BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Oncology

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Edition: 3rd
Edited by: Jane M. Dobson and B. Duncan X. Lascelles
Format: PDF and HTML
Publication Date: January 2011
Number of Pages: 364
Print book ISBN 978-1-905319-21-3
e-Book ISBN 978-1-905319-74-9

This practical and user-friendly manual covers the recent advances in therapeutic possibilities and contains a wealth of images to illustrate the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of a wide range of tumours. Ethical considerations and the role of palliative care are covered.

ISBN: 978-1-905319-21-3

Book Summary

Contributors
- Frontmatter, pp.: v - vi
Foreword
- Frontmatter, pp.: vii - vii
Preface
- Frontmatter, pp.: viii - viii
Introduction: cancer in cats and dogs
- Chapter 1, pp.: 1 - 5
How to make a diagnosis
- Chapter 2, pp.: 6 - 19
Clinical staging and the TNM classification
- Chapter 3, pp.: 20 - 29
Paraneoplastic syndromes
- Chapter 4, pp.: 30 - 39
When to treat animals with cancer
- Chapter 5, pp.: 40 - 43
Principles of oncological surgery
- Chapter 6, pp.: 44 - 59
Principles of chemotherapy
- Chapter 7, pp.: 60 - 79
Principles of radiation therapy
- Chapter 8, pp.: 80 - 90
Therapies of the future
- Chapter 9, pp.: 91 - 101
Principles of nutrition for the cancer patient
- Chapter 10, pp.: 102 - 110
Relief of chronic cancer pain
- Chapter 11, pp.: 111 - 129
Tumours of the skin and subcutaneous tissues
- Chapter 12, pp.: 130 - 158
Tumours of the skeletal system
- Chapter 13, pp.: 159 - 177
Soft tissue sarcomas
- Chapter 14, pp.: 178 - 190
Oral tumours
- Chapter 15a, pp.: 191 - 201
Tumours of the salivary glands
- Chapter 15b, pp.: 202 - 205
Tumours of the oesophagus
- Chapter 15c, pp.: 206 - 208
Tumours of the stomach
- Chapter 15d, pp.: 209 - 211
Tumours of the small intestines
- Chapter 15e, pp.: 212 - 215
Tumours of the colon and rectum
- Chapter 15f, pp.: 216 - 222
Tumours of the perianal region
- Chapter 15g, pp.: 223 - 228
Tumours of the liver
- Chapter 15h, pp.: 229 - 234
Tumours of the exocrine pancreas
- Chapter 15i, pp.: 235 - 236
Tumours of the mammary glands
- Chapter 16, pp.: 237 - 247
Tumours of the urogenital system
- Chapter 17, pp.: 248 - 264
Tumours of the respiratory system and thoracic cavity
- Chapter 18, pp.: 265 - 284
Tumours of the haemopoietic system
- Chapter 19a, pp.: 285 - 303
Tumours of the spleen
- Chapter 19b, pp.: 304 - 308
Endocrine tumours
- Chapter 20, pp.: 309 - 328
Tumours of the nervous system
- Chapter 21, pp.: 329 - 340
Ocular tumours
- Chapter 22, pp.: 341 - 353

Index
- Index, pp.: 354 - 364