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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS Managing complications of chemotherapy (Proceedings) April 1, 2008 By:Nicole Northrup, DVM, DACVIM Chemotherapy can cause adverse effects in veterinary cancer patients.

Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS Mast cell tumors in dogs and cats (Proceedings) April 1, 2008 By:Nicole Northrup, DVM, DACVIM Mast cells are normal inflammatory cells that are produced in the bone marrow and mature in connective or mucosal tissues.

Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS Feline oral tumors (Proceedings) April 1, 2008 By:Nicole Northrup, DVM, DACVIM Oral tumors in cats present a challenge. These tumors are usually noticed only at very advanced stages.

Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS Update on canine melanoma (Proceedings) April 1, 2008 By:Nicole Northrup, DVM, DACVIM Malignant melanoma is the most common oral tumor in the dog.

Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS Introduction to common chemotherapy agents (Proceedings) April 1, 2008 By:Nicole Northrup, DVM, DACVIM Goals of chemotherapy: tumor control, prolonged survival, maintain quality of life.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE Oral melanoma: Improving dogs' survival April 1, 2008 By:Gerald Post, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM It is not often that one is able to bear witness to a sea change. The veterinary community has, in my opinion, seen one with the development of the melanoma vaccine. This unique form of therapy, a DNA-based vaccine, would justify my opinion, but the successful collaboration between veterinary oncologists, human oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry also serve to mark this event as extraordinary.

Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS Introduction to radiation therapy (Proceedings) April 1, 2008 By:Nicole Northrup, DVM, DACVIM Use of energy (photons) or energized particles (electrons, protons, neutrons) to kill cancer cells.

Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE A challenging case: Glucagonoma-associated superficial necrolytic dermatitis in a dog March 1, 2008 By:Kurt L. Zimmerman, DVM, PhD, Shawn P. Clark, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Kate Hill, BVSc(Hons), DACVIM, Peter Laverty, BVSc, MACVSc, DACVS, Armando Irizarry, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Tanya LeRoith, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Dennis DeNicola, DVM, PhD, DAVCP An 8-year-old 46.3-lb (21-kg) female spayed mixed-breed dog was referred to the Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital for evaluation of lethargy, inappetence, weight loss, and alopecia of several months' duration.

Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE An update on diagnosing and treating primary lung tumors March 1, 2008 By:Kerry C. Rissetto, DVM, Pamela Lucas, DVM, Timothy M. Fan, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (small animal internal medicine, oncology) The goal of this article is to describe the common histologic variants, clinical signs, biologic behavior, and newest options for early diagnosis and effective treatment of primary lung tumors in dogs and cats.

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