Retroperitoneal sarcomas in dogs: 14 Cases (1992-2002)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1471-1477

  Liptak, Julius M ^a,b   Dernell, William S ^a   Ehrhart, Eugene J ^a   Rizzo, Scott A ^a   Rooney, Matthew B ^a   Withrow, Stephen J ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PIROXICAM; VINCRISTINE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DOG; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; URETER;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 2442443277     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.1471     Document Type: Article

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