Results of radiation therapy in 19 dogs with cutaneous mast cell tumor and regional lymph node metastasis

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 392-395

  Chaffin, Kelly ^a,b   Thrall, Donald E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Animal Diagnostic Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine; Mast cell tumor; Megavoltage radiation

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SARCOMA; SKIN TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MAST-CELL SARCOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NORTH CAROLINA; RECORDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036634942     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2002.tb01023.x     Document Type: Article

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