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Clinical evaluation of small animal cancer patients
Author(s) -
Elliott James
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.g2553
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , disease , cancer , isolation (microbiology) , pathology , bioinformatics , biology
It is important to take a holistic approach to cancer patients and remember that there is a patient attached to every tumour. Considering the whole patient, and not just the tumour in isolation, is likely to ensure that no important underlying causes, comorbidities or paraneoplastic diseases are missed. These may themselves require specific management in addition to treatment of the primary cancer. An important part of this initial patient approach is tumour staging, which allows assessment of the extent of disease and allows the formulation of an appropriate therapeutic plan and prognosis. This article discusses clinical examination of dogs and cats.