Building on the success of previous editions, the Editors have sought to marry the best of the old with the new. All chapters have been updated, or rewritten, by international experts to encompass the important advances made over the last several years, while keeping the text practical and user-friendly.  

The principles of diagnostics and clinical staging and of the main therapeutic modalities are outlined. Individual tumour types in the body systems of dogs and cats are then described, using a common approach to aid information retrieval on aetiology and pathogenesis, presentation and clinical signs (including staging/grading of tumours), management , and prognosis. A wealth of new photographs has been included to illustrate the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of a range of tumours.

The growing importance of ethical considerations and palliative care are also recognized, and exciting developments and treatment possibilities explored.

Contents

Introduction: cancer in small animals

How to make a diagnosis

Tumour staging

Paraneoplastic syndromes

When to treat animals with cancer

Principles of surgical oncology

Principles of chemotherapy

Principles of radiation therapy

Therapies of the future

Principles of nutrition of the cancer patient

Relief of pain - acute and chronic

Tumours of skin and subcutaneous tissues

Tumours of the skeletal system

Soft tissue sarcomas

Tumours of the mammary glands

Tumours of the urogenital system

Tumours of the respiratory system and thoracic cavity

Tumours of the haemopoietic system

Endocrine tumours

Tumours of the nervous system

Ocular tumours

 

Index

 

Contributors

Nick Bacon (USA), Laura Blackwood (UK), Jon Bray (UK), Malcolm Brearly (UK), Bill Dernell (USA), Jane Dobson (UK), Henrik von Euler (Sweden), David Gould (UK), Stuart Helfand (USA), Kelvin Kow (USA), Sue Lana (USA), Duncan Lascelles (USA), Chris Mariani (USA), Kyle Matthews (USA), Richard Mellanby (UK), Amy Pruitt (USA), Bernie Rollin (USA), Korinn Saker (USA), Tim Scase (UK), Catherine Scott-Moncrieff (USA), Don Thrall (USA), David Vail (USA), Rob White (UK)