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Response evaluation criteria for solid tumours in dogs (v1.0): a Veterinary Cooperative Oncology Group ( VCOG ) consensus document
Author(s) -
Nguyen S. M.,
Thamm D. H.,
Vail D. M.,
London C. A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
veterinary and comparative oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1476-5829
pISSN - 1476-5810
DOI - 10.1111/vco.12032
Subject(s) - solid tumor , veterinary medicine , medicine , oncology , cancer
In veterinary medical oncology, there is currently no standardized protocol for assessing response to therapy in solid tumours. The lack of such a formalized guideline makes it challenging to critically compare outcome measures across various treatment protocols. The Veterinary Cooperative Oncology Group ( VCOG ) membership consensus document presented here is based on the recommendations of a subcommittee of American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine ( ACVIM ) board‐certified veterinary oncologists. This consensus paper has used the human response evaluation criteria in solid tumours ( RECIST v1.1) as a framework to establish standard procedures for response assessment in canine solid tumours that is meant to be easy to use, repeatable and applicable across a variety of clinical trial structures in veterinary oncology. It is hoped that this new canine RECIST ( cRECIST v1.0) will be adopted within the veterinary oncology community and thereby facilitate the comparison of current and future treatment protocols used for companion animals with cancer.