Effects of stage and number of tumours on prognosis of dogs with cutaneous mast cell tumours

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 287-291

  Murphy, S ^a   Sparkes, A H ^a   Blunden, A S ^a   Brearley, M J ^a,b   Smith, K C ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Manor Farm Business Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOG DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTOCYTOMA; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33645085029     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.9.287     Document Type: Article

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