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Oral Tumors

	Key questions - please find answers from current literature What are various epulides that dogs and cats develop? What is the biological behavior of acanthomatous epulis? Where do they originiate from? Which tumor can the acanthomatous epulis be confused with histologically? Treatment options? Potential undesireable effect on XRT of oral cavity? Prognosis following tx? What is the biological behavior of melanomas in dogs? What treatments can be offered? Prognosis? New adjunctive therapies? MST and DFT? Response to XRT? What is the biological behavior of scc in dogs? in cats? Treatment? Is piroxicam a consideration? Metastatic behavior? Prognosis? What is papillary SCC of young dogs? MST and DFT? What is the difference in prognosis between mandibular and maxillary osteosarcoma? MST and DFT? What is the biological behavior of fibrosarcoma in dogs? in cats? Prognosis? Why can histology be confusing? Treatment options? MST and DFT? What are the two most common oral tumors of cats and describe the px and tx options? In dogs what are the most common types of tongue tumors? Treatment options? How much of the tongue can be removed? Prognosis? DFT and MST? What surgical margins should be taken with the various tumors discussed above? Describe the various types of mandibulectomies and maxillectomies.
ARTICLES RETRIEVED - these are in PDF format; click on each link to download the article angularis oris flap.pdf association of lymph node size and mets.pdf cats treated with mandibulectomy.pdf cisplat and piroxicam for squams and melanomas.pdf feline squamous cell and chemo.pdf feline squamous cell and viruses.pdf gemcitabine for XRT sensitization in feline SCC.pdf major glossectomy.pdf mandibular reconstruction case report.pdf maxillectomy and planectomy.pdf maxillectomy approach.pdf melanama and carboplatin.pdf MLO.pdf PCR for metastatic melanoma.pdf piroxicam for canine oral squamous cell.pdf radiation therapy review.pdf review article 1.pdf review article 2.pdf tongue lesions.pdf oral papilloma virus and scc.pdf tongue tumors and brachytherapy.pdf tongue tumors in man. pdf tongue tumors in man - XRT and gold seed. pdf tongue tumors in man - XRT vs intraarterial cytostatic.pdf tongue scc tumors in man - review article canine oronasal tumors and MMP-2 melanomas and prognostic factors melanomas and chemotherapy melanomas and VEGF melanomas and BRAF cox 1 and 2 in tumors melanomas specific antigens melanomas and prognosis with regards to histopath etc melanomas and retinoids melanomas - 129 cases melanomas and adjuvant therapy
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