By Adrián Romairone Duarte and Juan Carlos Cartagena Albertus
Oncology in Senior Animals with Clinical Cases shows the tumours most commonly diagnosed in animals in the senior age range and describes their most common clinical signs, diagnostic approach, prognosis, and treatment. Case studies are included to further the reader’s understanding of these pathologies.
Table of Contents
1. General aspects of senior oncology
General aspects of senior oncology
Oncology in senior animals
Introduction
What are the clinical effects of age?
Are senior patients more likely to get cancer because of their age?
Treating the senior patient
The oncology visit
Paraneoplastic syndromes
Introduction
Causes and origin of paraneoplastic syndromes
Paraneoplastic syndromes and early diagnosis in oncology
Paraneoplastic syndromes by body system
Miscellaneous manifestations
2. Most common neoplasms in senior oncology
Cutaneous tumours
Introduction
Prevalence of cutaneous tumours
Aetiology
Assessing a cutaneous tumour
Cytology
Biopsy
Staging
Most common cutaneous tumours
Squamous cell carcinoma
Mast cell tumour
Cutaneous melanoma
Cutaneous lymphoma
Histiocytoma
Cutaneous plasmacytoma
Fibrovascular papillomas
Basal cell carcinoma
Hepatoid adenoma
Injection-site sarcoma
Digestive tumours in senior patients
Oral tumours
Introduction
Classification
Oral melanoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Fibrosarcoma
Epulides
Gastrointestinal tumours
General clinical signs
Gastrointestinal tumours in dogs
Gastrointestinal tumours in cats
Eyelid and orbital tumours
Introduction
Nuclear sclerosis
Iris atrophy
Eyelid tumours in senior dogs and cats
Meibomian gland adenomas and adenocarcinomas
Melanomas
Histiocytomas
Mast cell tumours
Hidrocystoma
Peripheral nerve sheath tumours
Squamous cell carcinoma
Basal cell carcinoma
Fibrosarcomas
Orbital tumours in senior dogs and cats
Introduction to orbital disorders
Introduction to orbital tumours
Orbital tumours in cats
Musculoskeletal tumours in senior patients
Osteosarcoma
Tumour presentation and behaviour
Clinical signs
Aetiology
Diagnosis
Treatment
Clinical course and prognosis in canine and feline osteosarcoma
Soft tissue sarcomas
Introduction
Injection-site sarcoma in cats
Haemolymphatic system tumours in senior patients
Introduction
Canine lymphoma
Introduction
Epidemiology
Clinical presentation
Diagnosis
Treatment
Leukaemia
Classification
Malignant lymphoproliferative disorders
Myeloproliferative diseases
Myelodysplastic syndromes
How to identify leukaemia
Treating leukaemia
Feline leukaemia
3. Common clinical cases in senior oncology
Common clinical cases in senior oncology
Anaemia due to hyperoestrogenism caused by a tumour
Clinical history
Clinical examination
Diagnostic tests
Treatment
Theoretical aspects
Squamous cell carcinoma in senior cats
Introduction
Clinical examination
Diagnostic tests and definitive diagnosis
Medical and surgical treatment
Clinical course
Theoretical aspects
Vaginal polyps in senior patients
Introduction
Clinical history
Clinical examination
Diagnostic tests
Treatment options
Theoretical aspects
Oral canine melanoma
Clinical history
Surgical treatment
Immunotherapy
Eyelid mast cell tumour in a cat
Clinical history
Clinical examination
Diagnostic tests
Diagnosis
Treatment
Clinical course
Theoretical aspects
Nasal lymphoma in a cat
Clinical history
Clinical examination
Diagnostic tests
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prognosis
Theoretical aspects
Mediastinal lymphoma in a cat
Clinical history
Clinical examination
Diagnostic tests
Treatment
Theoretical aspects
