Chlorambucil and prednisolone chemotherapy for dogs with inoperable mast cell tumours: 21 cases

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 284-289

  Taylor, F ^a   Gear, R ^a   Hoather, T ^a   Dobson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS; CHLORAMBUCIL; PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SKIN TUMOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHLORAMBUCIL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MAST-CELL SARCOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 67650032437     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2009.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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