Outcome following removal of canine spindle cell tumours in first opinion practice: 104 cases

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 568-574

  Chase, D ^a,d   Bray, J ^a   Ide, A ^b   Polton, G ^a,c  

^a DAVIES VETERINARY SPECIALISTS   (United Kingdom)

^b Finn Pathologists   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH DOWNS SPECIALIST REFERRALS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIMB; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 71049178970     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2009.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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