Nutritional Support of the Cancer Patient
Chapter 77 Nutritional Support of the Cancer Patient Glenna E. Mauldin, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Cancer cachexia is the unique form of protein-calorie malnutrition that may occur in both people and animals…
Metronomic Chemotherapy
Chapter 78 Metronomic Chemotherapy Anthony J. Mutsaers, Guelph, Ontario, Canada Conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy agents have been the cornerstone of the medical oncologist’s treatment arsenal for many decades. However, in the emerging…
Chapter 6: Reporting Adverse Events to the Food and Drug Administration—Center for Veterinary Medicine
Web Chapter 6 Reporting Adverse Events to the Food and Drug Administration—Center for Veterinary Medicine Susan J. Bright-Ponte, Rockville, Maryland Lee Anne Myers Palmer, Rockville, Maryland The U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
Malignant Effusions
Chapter 75 Malignant Effusions Antony S. Moore, Wauchope, Australia Effusions that affect the pleural, abdominal, or pericardial spaces in cancer patients may be caused directly by the effects of the malignancy…
Treatment of Adverse Effects from Cancer Therapy
Chapter 72 Treatment of Adverse Effects from Cancer Therapy Dennis B. Bailey, Paramus, New Jersey One of the primary goals of cancer treatment in veterinary patients is to preserve quality of…
Catecholamines in the Critical Care Patient
Chapter 3 Catecholamines in the Critical Care Patient Edward S. Cooper, Columbus, Ohio Catecholamines are the primary effectors of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and play a major role in cardiovascular…
Chemotherapeutic Drug Handling and Safety
Chapter 71 Chemotherapeutic Drug Handling and Safety Andrea Flory, San Marcos, California Brenda Phillips, San Diego, California Margo Karriker, San Diego, California Chemotherapeutic drugs are considered hazardous drugs. Hazardous drugs (HDs) are defined…
Tumor Biopsy and Specimen Submission
Chapter 70 Tumor Biopsy and Specimen Submission Debra A. Kamstock, Fort Collins, Colorado Nicholas J. Bacon, Gainesville, Florida Tumor biopsy specimens typically are submitted to obtain a diagnosis. This diagnosis, in conjunction…
Talking to Clients about Cancer
Chapter 69 Talking to Clients about Cancer Douglas H. Thamm, Fort Collins, Colorado Cancer is being treated more and more frequently in the primary care setting. Furthermore, the primary care veterinarian…
Best Practices
Chapter 67 Transfusion Medicine Best Practices* Lauren Sullivan, Fort Collins, Colorado Timothy B. Hackett, Fort Collins, Colorado The positive and negative aspects of blood product administration, as further understood through recent developments…
