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Principles of oncological surgery
Author(s) -
Lascelles Duncan,
White Dick
Publication year - 1999
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.21.4.163
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , general surgery , cancer surgery , resection , neoplastic disease , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology , biology , paleontology
SURGICAL treatment of neoplastic disease is playing an ever‐increasing role in the veterinarian's approach to cancer therapy. In order to carry out successful oncological surgery, surgeons require more than a comprehensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and resection and reconstruction techniques for the specific area or organ involved. A thorough understanding of general tumour biology, the specific characteristics of the neoplasm involved, the stage of the disease and thus the prognosis, and the adjunctive therapies that may be appropriate, is also essential in each case.