Penile and preputial squamous cell carcinoma in the horse: A retrospective study of treatment of 77 affected horses

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 533-537

  Van Den Top, J G B ^a   De Heer, N ^b   Klein, W R ^a   Ensink, J M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Diergeneeskundig Centrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Horse; Penis; Prepuce; Retrospective study; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PENIS; PENIS TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PENIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 50949108728     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516408X281171     Document Type: Article

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