Withrow and MacEwen's small animal clinical oncology
[Book]
5th ed. /
[edited by] Stephen J. Withrow, David M. Vail, Rodney L. Page
St. Louis, Mo. :
Elsevier/Saunders,
c2013
xvi, 750 p. :
ill ;
29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Why worry about cancer in companion animals? -- Biology and pathogenesis of cancer -- Etiology of cancer -- Tumor biology and metastasis -- Pathology of neoplasia -- Epidemiology and the evidence-based medicine approach -- Paraneoplastic syndromes -- Diagnostic procedures for the cancer patient -- Imaging in oncology -- Diagnostic cytopathology in clinical oncology -- Molecular diagnostics -- Biopsy principles -- Therapeutic modalities for the cancer patient -- Surgical oncology -- Cancer chemotherapy -- Radiation therapy -- Cancer immunotherapy -- Molecular/targeted therapy of cancer -- Supportive care for the cancer patient -- Complementary and alternative medicine for cancer: the good, the bad, and the dangerous -- Clinical trials and developmental therapeutics -- Specific malignancies in the small animal patient -- Tumors of the skin and subcutaneous tissues -- Melanoma -- Mast cell tumors -- Soft tissue sarcomas -- Cancer of the gastrointestinal tract -- Tumors of the respiratory system -- Tumors of the skeletal system -- Tumors of the endocrine system -- Tumors of the female reproductive system -- Tumors of the mammary gland -- Tumors of the male reproductive system -- Tumors of the urinary system -- Tumors of the nervous system -- Ocular tumors -- Hematopoietic tumors -- Miscellaneous tumors