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Record Nr.

UNISA996209765903316

Titolo

Tumors in domestic animals [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Donald J. Meuten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, IA, : Iowa State University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-281-38206-X

9786611382063

0-470-79260-4

0-470-37692-9

0-470-37670-8

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (802 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MeutenDonald J

Disciplina

636.089

636.0896992

Soggetti

Tumors in animals

Veterinary oncology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Tumors in Domestic Animals, Fourth Edition; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Contributing Authors; 1: An Overview of Cancer Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Management; 2: Tumors of the Skin and Soft Tissues; 3: Tumors of the Hemolymphatic System; 4: Tumors of Joints; 5: Tumors of Bones; 6: Tumors of Muscle; 7: Tumors of the Respiratory Tract; 8: Tumors of the Alimentary Tract; 9: Tumors of the Liver and Gall Bladder; 10: Tumors of the Urinary System; 11: Tumors of the Genital Systems; 12: Tumors of the Mammary Gland; 13: Tumors of the Endocrine Glands; 14: Tumors of the Nervous System

15: Tumors of the EyeAppendix: Diagnostic Schemes and Algorithms; INTRODUCTION; CANINE CUTANEOUS MAST CELL TUMOR; CANINE CUTANEOUS SARCOMAS; CANINE CUTANEOUS HEMANGIOSARCOMA; CANINE CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DIFFUSE IRIS MELANOMA; CANINE URINARY BLADDER CANCER; GRADING CANINE SPLENIC SARCOMA; CANINE AND FELINE MAMMARY NEOPLASIA; LYMPHOMA; SCORING SYSTEM AND PROGNOSIS FOR CANINE LUNG TUMORS; HlSTOLOGIC GRADING AND PROGNOSIS FOR FELINE LUNG TUMORS; CANINE AND



FELINE NASAL TUMORS; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the third edition of Tumors of Domestic Animals there has been an enormous expansion of our knowledge about the melocular mechanisms of tumor development and the ancillary aids used diagnose neoplasms .   The fourth edition condenses this new body of information and presents it in a way that is useful to diagnostic pathologists, residents, veterinarians, and oncologists. The format of the previous editions has been maintained, but the text and the illustrations are substantially changed or entirely different. Readers will be able to find salient clinical information, prevalenc