Cancer in Dogs and Cats: Medical and Surgical Management Book

1	The New Language of Oncology: Terms Used in Molecular Biology Relating to Cancer	3
2	Gene Regulation, Signal Transduction, and Cancer	9
3	Cancer-Causing Viruses	19
4	Environmental Causes of Naturally Occurring Cancer in Dogs and Cats	31
5	Host: Tumor Cell Interaction as a Determinant of Tumor Cell Behavior	39
6	Chromosomal Changes Associated with Cancer	49
7	Clinical Evaluation of Cancer Patients	57
8	Diagnostic Cytology: Common Techniques for Obtaining Cytology Smears	65
9	Using Cytology in the Diagnosis of Cancer	73
10	Myeloproliferative and Lymphoproliferative Disorders	89
11	Instruments and Techniques for Nonsurgical Biopsy	115
12	Principles of the Surgical Biopsy of Cancer	123
13	Understanding the Biopsy Report: What Else to Ask For	131
14	Using Conventional Radiography in Cancer Diagnosis and Monitoring	139
15	Ultrasonography for Cancer Diagnosis and Monitoring	159
16	Alternative Imaging for the Diagnosis of Cancer	177
17	Selecting the Best Cancer Treatment	205
18	Principles of Oncologic Surgery	209
19	Surgery for Oncologic Emergencies	217
20	Aggressive Cancer Surgery and Aftercare	249
21	Blood Transfusion and Management of Pain, Infection, and Nutritional Needs in the Postoperative Cancer Patient	303
22	Chemotherapy	331
23	Cancer Drug Pharmacology and Clinical Experience	339
24	Providing Chemotherapy Safely	359
25	Principles of Treating Chemotherapy Complications	365
26	Biologic Principles of Radiation Therapy	375
27	Summary of Results of Cancer Treatment with Radiation Therapy	389
28	Immunotherapy and Biologic Response Modifiers	425
29	Photodynamic Therapy	441
30	Mast Cell Tumors	451
31	Vaccine-Associated Sarcoma	461
32	Tumors of the Skin and Subcutis	469
33	Cancers of the Head and Neck	489
34	Cancers of the Respiratory System	497
35	Nonpulmonary Intrathoracic Cancer	513
36	Nonlymphomatous Cancers of the Esophagus, Stomach, and Intestines	527
37	Primary Cancers and Cancer-like Lesions of the Liver, Biliary Epithelium, and Exocrine Pancreas	535
38	Cancers of the Urinary Tract	545
39	Cancers of the Reproductive Tract	555
40	Canine and Feline Mammary Tumors	565
41	Cancer of Endocrine Origin	573
42	Skeletal Neoplasms	611
43	Cancers and Benign Proliferative Disorders of Joints	627
44	Cancer Affecting the Nervous System	631
45	Lymphosarcoma	641
46	Plasma Cell Neoplasms	671
47	Blood Vascular, Lymphatic, and Splenic Cancer	679
48	Cancers of Young Dogs and Cats	689
49	The Leukemias	693
50	Ocular Tumors of the Dog and Cat	701
51	Cancers of Unknown Primary Origin	727
52	Paraneoplastic Syndromes and the Tumors that Cause Them	731
53	Tumors of Uncertain Origin	745
	Index	751