Contents
Part One:The Biology of Cancer
1 The new language of oncology:Terms used in molecular biology relating to Cancer
2 Gene regulation,signal transduction,and Cancer
3 Cance-Causing viruses
4 Environmental causes of naturally occuring Cancer in dogs and cats
5 Host:Tumor cell interaction as a determinant of tumor cell behavior
6 Chromosomal changes associated with Cancer

Part two :Principles of Cancer Diagnosis
7 Clinical evaluation of Cancer patients
8 Diagnostic cytology:Common techniques for obtaining cytology smears
9 Using cytology in the diagnosis of Cancer
10 Myeloproliferative and lymphoproliferative disorders
11 Instruments and techniques ofr nonsurgical biopsy
12 Principles of surgical biopsy of Cancer
13 Understanding the biopsy report
14 Using conventional radiography in Cancer diagnosis and monitoring
15 Ultrasonography for Cancer diagnosis and monitoring
16 Alternative imaging for the diagnosis of Cancer

Part three: Treatment Modalities for Dogs and Cats with Cancer
17 Selecting the best Cancer treatment
18 Priciples of oncologic surgery
19 Surgery for oncologic emergencies
20 Aggressive Cancer surgery and aftercare
21 Blood transfusion and management of pain,infection,and nutritional needs in the postoperative Cancer patient
22 Chemotherapy
23 Cancer drug pharmacology and clinical experience
24 Providing chemotherapy safely
25 Principles of treating chemotherapy complications
26 Biologic principles of radiation therapy
27 Summary fo results of Cancer treatment with radiation therapy
28 Immunotherapy and biologic response modifiers
29 Photodynamic therapy

Part Four: Clinical signs,Diagnosis,and Treatment of Specific Cancer in Dogs & Cats
30 Mast cell tumors
31 Vaccine-Associated sarcoma
32 Tumors of the skin and subcutis
33 Cancer of the head neck
34 Cancers of the respiratory system
35 Nonpulmonary intrathoracic Cancer
36 Nonlymphomatous Cancers of the esophagus,stomach,and intestins
37 Primary Cancers and Cancer-like lesions of the liver,biliary epithelium,and exocrine pancreas
38 Czner of the urinary tract
39 Cancers of the reproductive tract
40 Canine and feline mammary tumors
41 Cancer of endocrine origin
42 Skeletal neoplasms
43 Cancers and benign proliferative disorders of joints
44 Cancer affectinf the nervous system
45 Lymphosarcoma
46 Plasma cell neoplasms
47 Blood vascular,lymphatic,and splenic Cancer
48 Cancers of young dogs and cats
49 The leukemias
50 Ocular tuomors of the dog and cat
51 Cancers of unknown primary origin
52 Paraneoplastic syndromes and the tumors that cause them
53 Tumors of uncetain orifin
Index