Canine tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma - a multi-centre retrospective review of 44 clinical cases

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 359-364

  Mas, A ^a   Blackwood, L ^a   Cripps, P ^a   Murphy, S ^b   De Vos, J ^c   Dervisis, N ^d   Martano, M ^e   Polton, G A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c De Ottenhorst   (Netherlands)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e School of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^f NORTH DOWNS SPECIALIST REFERRALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LETHARGY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TIME; TONSIL TUMOR;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LETHARGY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79959995276     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2011.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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