BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Oncology, 3rd Edition

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 4 Contributors 6 Foreword 8 Preface 9 Introduction: cancer in cats and dogs 10 How to make a diagnosis 15 Clinical staging and the TNM classification 29 Paraneoplastic syndromes 39 When to treat animals with cancer 49 Principles of oncological surgery 53 Principles of chemotherapy 69 Principles of radiation therapy 89 Therapies of the future 100 Principles of nutrition for the cancer patient 111 Relief of chronic cancer pain 120 Tumours of the skin and subcutaneous tissues 139 Tumours of the skeletal system 168 Soft tissue sarcomas 187 Oral tumours 200 Tumours of the salivary glands 211 Tumours of the oesophagus 215 Tumours of the stomach 218 Tumours of the small intestines 221 Tumours of the colon and rectum 225 Tumours of the perianal region 232 Tumours of the liver 238 Tumours of the exocrine pancreas 244 Tumours of the mammary glands 246 Tumours of the urogenital system 257 Tumours of the respiratory system and thoracic cavity 274 Tumours of the haemopoietic system 294 Tumours of the spleen 313 Endocrine tumours 318 Tumours of the nervous system 338 Ocular tumours 350 Index 363 This edition of this manual on canine and feline oncology has been expanded and updated throughout. It includes many illustrations and a new chapter on chronic pain control