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  Pain Clinic Feline Cancer Case

  Thaleia-Rengina Stathopoulou, Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Analgesia and Celia Figueroa Gonzalez, Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Oncology Harry was an approximately 20-year-old male neutered Bengal cat. He was diagnosed with an oral squamous …
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  Stomach Cancer in Small Animals: The Importance of an Early Diagnosis

  Alejandro Suarez-Bonnet, Lecturer in Comparative Pathology, Alexandros Chardas, Lecturer in Anatomic Pathology and Simon L Priestnall, Professor of Veterinary Anatomic Pathology Cancer is a leading cause of death in companion animals. Animals will …
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  VetCompass – a New Direction in Veterinary Evidence

  Dan O'Neill, Dave Brodbelt, Noel Kennedy and David Church, key figures in the RVC’s VetCompass programme, discuss critical milestones since the initiative was launched 15 years ago – and the value of the wider veterinary community in these …
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  Targeted Melanoma Treatment for Inoperable Areas of Horses

  In January the RVC Equine Referral Hospital began to offer a novel treatment for equine melanoma using locoregional hyperthermia combined with intratumoral chemotherapy. The treatment specifically targets tumours that cannot be surgically removed, …
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  The Fountain of Youth for Our Feline Companions?

  Balázs Szladovits, Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology Ageing research has come a long way since the late middle age’s holy grail of procurement of the philosopher’s stone through to the 15th century quest to find the fountain of youth, to …
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  Using Flow Cytometry for Companion Animal Cancer Research

  Dirk Werling, Professor of Molecular Immunology Over the last two years, RVC’s research facilities have been revamped to stay at the cutting edge of changes in veterinary medicine. One of these changes is the greater impact of basic research and …
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  Creating a Dedicated Chemotherapy Administration Room

  We are in the process of developing a chemotherapy administration treatment room at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA). A dedicated space for animals receiving chemotherapy will benefit both our oncology clients and some pets who receive …
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  Feline Lymphoma

  Irina Gramer, Lecturer in Veterinary Oncology, and Alexandra Guillen Martinez, Lecturer in Veterinary Oncology Lymphoma is the most frequently diagnosed among all types of feline cancer and due to its systemic distribution often affects a wide …
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  Research That Could Hold Key to New Treatments for Cancer and Neurodegeneration

  An RVC study has found a new interaction within cells that could lead to the development of novel therapies for cancer and neurodegeneration for veterinary and human patients.    This discovery of direct interaction between mitochondria and nuclei …
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  Introducing the Oncology Team

  Over the past centuries, decades – and even years – veterinary medicine has developed dramatically. Those who came before us commonly treated a great variety of animals, from budgies to cows. Nowadays, veterinarians tend to either treat small …