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 October 1, 2008
By:Al Legendre, DVM, DACVIM
Paraneoplastic syndromes may develop from the excessive production of hormones from an adenomatous or carcinomatous gland.
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October 1, 2008
By:Philip Bergman, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumor in the dog (85% of skeletal malignancies). It is estimated to occur in over 8,000 dogs/year in the United States.
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October 1, 2008
By:Philip Bergman, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM
Paraneoplastic syndromes are neoplasm-associated alterations in bodily structure and/or function that occur distant to the tumor.
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October 1, 2008
By:Philip Bergman, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM
Vaccination has generally been considered to be a benign procedure in veterinary medicine. Unfortunately, soft tissue sarcoma development subsequent to vaccination (vaccine-associated sarcoma) in cats has dramatically changed this view within our profession over the last twenty years.
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October 1, 2008
By:Philip Bergman, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM
Head and neck tumors are relatively common in cats. An understanding of the differentials in this anatomic location is very important as the diagnostic and therapeutic approach may vary.
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October 1, 2008
By:Al Legendre, DVM, DACVIM
Clients are always somewhat reluctance to treat pets with chemotherapy because of the horror stories that circulate about the use of chemotherapy in people.
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October 1, 2008
By:Philip Bergman, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM
This discussion will review what I feel to be the top 10 clinically relevant advances in veterinary oncology over the last approximately 10 years.
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October 1, 2008
By:Philip Bergman, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM
Lymphoma (LSA) is the most common tumor of the cat and represents approximately 80-90% of hematopoietic tumors in cats. LSA is the third most common tumor in the dog with an estimated annual incidence of 13-24/100,000 dogs at risk.
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