Bsava Manual of Canine and Feline Oncology

Description

Building on the success of its predecessors, the third edition of this Manual has been thoroughly revised and updated by the editors and their international expert contributors. Emphasis is on the provision of practical information to enable clinicians to make decisions regarding treatment and care. Systems chapters consider the following for both dogs and cats: differential diagnosis; aetiology and pathogenesis; presentation and clinical signs; clinical approach and staging; management; prognosis. Emerging therapies and the ethics of 'when to treat' are discussed. The book is illustrated throughout by colour photographs.

Table of Contents

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)