Radical excision with five-centimeter margins for treatment of feline injection-site sarcomas: 91 cases (1998-2002)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-106

  Phelps, Holly A ^a,b,d   Kuntz, Charles A ^b,e   Milner, Rowan J ^a   Powers, Barbara E ^c   Bacon, Nicholas J ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Commonwealth Specialty Surgery for Animals ^*  (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d Florida Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

^e Southpaws Specialty Surgery for Animals   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SURGERY; SURVIVAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

EID: 79959953025     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.239.1.97     Document Type: Review

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