Why clean margins are crucial in feline oral SCCDecember 27, 2016My September column [“Early detection is key with oral cancer”] briefly touched on feline oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), but the topic deserves more discussion as a stand-alone column.
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Immunotherapy: The next best hope for defeating cancer?December 21, 2016Whether you’re treating something as deadly as cancer or as frustrating as chronic allergies, immunotherapy offers the possibility of slowing or reversing disease.
When is surgery a placebo?December 20, 2016Skeptics often claim that acupuncture is just a placebo.1-4 However, these individuals typically have neither closely examined the methodology for neuroanatomic overlap between verum and placebo “points,” which makes outcomes between groups similar, nor have they assessed the tissue-deforming effects of so-called “sham” needling because they simply assume that sham needles are inert. They aren’t.
How ASA scores help make anesthesia safer for your pet patientsDecember 12, 2016This is where ASA classification can help. An ASA risk is a 1-to-5 score adapted for animals from human medicine’s American Society of Anesthesiologists. The system is based on the patient’s overall health, not the procedure being performed.
Brain Teaser: What's Your Diagnosis?December 1, 2016 Pictured: Abdominal X-ray of a 6-year-old male great Dane Questions What's your diagnosis? Where does the gas come from? What are the three main goals of surgery? Check your answer on the next page.
Why epulides merit attentionNovember 21, 2016Gingiva is the specialized oral mucosa that forms a protective collar around each tooth and extends to the mucogingival line. Epulis (plural = epulides, pronounced epp-you-LID-eeze) is a term that refers to any oral mass arising from the gingiva.
Tech companies, Auburn University create longest synthetic virus for canine cancer researchNovember 21, 2016Canine bone cancer research is getting a boost thanks to the efforts of a gene synthesis company, Gen9, a software company, Autodesk, and Auburn University. The combined effects of these three groups helped successfully manufacture a synthetic viral genome, called sCAV2.
Chinese medicine primer for the uninitiatedNovember 15, 2016Have you been curious about Chinese medicine? Have you considered hiring a Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medical (TCVM) provider? Do you pride yourself on inviting diversity into your practice and enjoy the prospects of introducing something new and exotic, even though you don’t really understand it?
How 'Lar Par' is multifaceted but treatableNovember 14, 2016We have believed for decades that laryngeal paralysis was an isolated disease. Thanks to several recent discoveries, we now know better.
Collaboration comes together to study cancer in pets and humansNovember 11, 2016Can the study of cancer in dogs lead to new treatment options for humans? Scientists at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Duke Cancer Institute believe so and have entered into a collaboration designed to facilitate research projects aimed at benefiting both species.
