Prognostic significance of tumor histology and computed tomographic staging for radiation treatment response of canine nasal tumors

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 330-335

  Adams, William M ^a   Kleiter, Miriam M ^b   Thrall, Donald E ^c   Klauer, Julia M ^a   Forrest, Lisa J ^a   La Due, Tracy A ^d   Havighurst, Thomas C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Southeast Veterinary Oncology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine nasal tumor; Predictive factors; Tumor staging; Veterinary radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; NOSE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 65349156905     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2009.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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