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Small Animal Oncology, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
- 1st Edition, Volume 54-3 - March 25, 2024
- Editors: Craig Clifford, Philip J Bergman
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 5 9 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 6 0 - 1
In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Craig A. Clifford and Philip J. Bergman bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Small… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editors Drs. Craig A. Clifford and Philip J. Bergman bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Small Animal Oncology. Top experts discuss updates in veterinary immunotherapy; new therapies in veterinary oncology; updates in lymphoma; updates in veterinary interventional radiology; precision-based medicine; and more.
- Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including non-invasive blood-based cancer detection; updates in radiation therapy; updates in surgical oncology; clinical trials in veterinary oncology; anal gland, anal sac adenocarcinoma; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on small animal oncology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Veterinary medicine, small animal medicine
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Key points
- Introduction
- New Therapies in Veterinary Oncology
- Key points
- Laverdia-CA1 (verdinexor)
- Canalevia-CA1 (crofelemer delayed-release tablets)
- Stelfonta (tigilanol tiglate injection)
- Clinics Care Points
- Novel Treatments for Lymphoma
- Key points
- Introduction
- Review of conventional treatments for lymphoma
- Newer data with conventional drugs
- New therapies
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Veterinary Interventional Oncology
- Key points
- Overview
- Patient selection
- Procedures
- Locoregional therapies
- Stenting of malignant obstructions
- Clinics care point
- Precision Medicine in Veterinary Science
- Key points
- Background
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Updates in Osteosarcoma
- Key points
- Introduction
- Disease risk, pathology, and genetics/genomics
- Imaging osteosarcoma
- Surgical and radiation limb-sparing therapy
- Ablative therapies
- Chemotherapy
- Recent immunotherapies for osteosarcoma
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Noninvasive Blood-Based Cancer Detection in Veterinary Medicine
- Key points
- Introduction
- Early cancer detection in humans
- Early cancer detection in dogs
- Quantitative approaches to blood-based cancer detection
- Qualitative approach to blood-based cancer detection in dogs
- Alternative approaches to blood-based cancer detection in dogs
- Other applications of blood-based cancer detection tests
- Summary and a look to the future
- Update in Veterinary Radiation Oncology: Focus on Stereotactic Radiation Therapy
- Key points
- Introduction
- Physics and biology of stereotactic radiotherapy
- Clinical approach to stereotactic radiotherapy
- Clinical data: brain tumors
- Clinical data: head and neck cancer
- Clinical data: thoracic and abdominal cavity malignancies
- Clinical data: osteosarcoma
- Controversies in stereotactic radiotherapy
- Future directions
- Clinics care points
- Updates in Surgical Oncology
- Key points
- Addressing tumors affecting the limbs: amputation and limb sparing
- Mast cell tumor
- Clinics care points
- A Practical Guide to Clinical Studies in Veterinary Oncology
- Key points
- Common abbreviations and definitions used in clinical studies
- Introduction
- Incorporating clinical studies into an oncology service: benefits and challenges
- Infrastructure development and staff training
- Equipment and facility needs
- Data management
- Adverse event reporting
- Auditing
- Financial implications of clinical studies
- Regulatory oversight of clinical studies
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 54-3
- Published: March 25, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443130595
- eBook ISBN: 9780443130601
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Craig Clifford
Affiliations and expertise
Director of BluePearl Science, Medical Oncologist, BluePearl Malvern, Malvern, PA, USA.PB
Philip J Bergman
Affiliations and expertise
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Katonah-Bedford Veterinary Center, Bedford Hills, NY, USA