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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.
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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