A Guide to Oncology for Veterinary Clinicians. How to Deal with Cancer Patients

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This guide compiles practical information to aid veterinary clinicians in managing cancer patients, and covers aspects related to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, as well as pain management and communication with owners. It has been developed by leading specialists in oncology who approach the subject from a practical perspective, and includes many images, tables, and diagrams that facilitate understanding of its content and make it an essential volume on the bookshelves of any veterinary clinic.

This guide compiles practical information to aid veterinary clinicians in managing cancer patients, and covers aspects related to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, as well as pain management and communication with owners. It has been developed by leading specialists in oncology who approach the subject from a practical perspective, and includes many images, tables, and diagrams that facilitate understanding of its content and make it an essential volume on the bookshelves of any veterinary clinic.

KEY FEATURES:

➜ Practical framework for systematically managing oncological cases.

➜ Covering a wide range of aspects: from communication with owners to pain management.

➜ Improved edition.

Authors

Noemí del Castillo Magán

Professor at the Small Animal Internal Medicine and Anatomical Pathology Department at Alfonso X El Sabio University (UAX) in Madrid since 2005. Head of the Oncology Department at the UAX Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

Ricardo Ruano Barneda

Veterinary surgeon at the Mediterráneo veterinary hospital in Madrid, where he is head of the laboratory and the Oncology Department.

Table of Contents

1. Dealing with a patient with a mass: client communication

Introduction

Breaking the news and dealing with the consequences

Quality of life

Compassion fatigue

2. Recognizing signs consistent with cancer in senior pets

Signs of oral cancer

Signs of skin cancer

Signs of abdominal tumors

Other signs of cancer

Age-related changes in different body systems

Diagnosis and prognosis in veterinary oncology

3. Diagnostic procedures in veterinary oncology

Cytology

Biopsy

Blood and bone marrow smears

Flow cytometry and PCR for antigen receptor rearrangements

Diagnostic imaging in veterinary oncology

Endoscopy

General state of senior patients.

Laboratory tests

Clinical staging: TNM staging system

4.Diagnostic interpretation, choice of treatment, and prognosis

Cytology

Biopsy

Biological behaviour of tumors according to tissue of origin

Biological behaviour of tumors according to location

5. Cancer treatment

Surgery

Chemotherapy

Radiation therapy

Antiangiogenic therapy

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Immunotherapy

COX-2 inhibitors

6. Pain in veterinary oncology

Evaluating pain in a patient with cancer

Pain treatment

Analgesic treatment during oncological surgery

7. Appendices

Appendix I. Paraneoplastic syndromes

Appendix II. Treatment protocols

Appendix III. Metronomic therapy

Appendix IV. Survival data for nervous system tumors

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Author: Noemí del Castillo Magán
Ricardo Ruano Barneda
Page count: 192
Trim size: 17 × 24 cm
Pub date: 2018
Product type: Hardcover
Number of images: 160

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