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Options for the use of chemotherapy in small animals Part 2. Indications
Author(s) -
Dobson Jane
Publication year - 1998
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/inpract.20.9.487
Subject(s) - chemotherapy , medicine , drug , cancer chemotherapy , intensive care medicine , toxicity , pharmacology , oncology
THIS is the second of two articles concerning the use of chemotherapy in small animal practice. In the first article (September issue, pp 403‐413), the theoretical basis for chemotherapy, dose rates, methods of administration and toxicity of cytotoxic drugs were discussed. This article considers the indications for chemotherapy in small animal cancer patients and details which drugs or drug combinations have proved efficacious in the treatment of various conditions.