The options for treatment of cancer in veterinary practice are fairly limited:
None of these options is ideal, and the last three are not cheap.
Current anticancer drugs are some of the nastiest drugs available and are not to be used lightly.
For this reason, this chapter aims to give you an overview of the subject rather than specific instructions on how to use these drugs.
Treatment philosophy
Chemotherapy
Choosing drugs
Risks to people
Large animals
The future?
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Kitchell, B.E. and Dhaliwal, R.S. (2000) CVT update: anticancer drugs and protocols using tradional drugs. in Current Veterinary Therapy: Small animal Practice 13, ed Bonagura, Saunders
