Withrow and MacEwen's Small Animal Clinical Oncology

Dr. Vail has published over 120 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and 50 book chapters in the field of veterinary and comparative oncology. David is co-editor of the textbook Small Animal Clinical Oncology, past North American Journal Editor for Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, President of the Canine Comparative Oncology and Genomics Consortium (CCOGC) and a founding member of the Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium (COTC). He is the past Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Boards for both the Morris Animal Foundation and the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Foundation. He has been honored as the recipient of both the Mark L. Morris Sr. Distinguished Research Award and the Pfizer Award for Veterinary Research Excellence. Dr. Thamm received his bachelor's and VMD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. After, finishing veterinary school, he completed an Oncology Residency at the University of Wisconsin and was a researcher there for five additional years before joining the faculty at CSU in 2004. Dr. Liptak was the founding President of the Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology. In 2010 he was awarded the Stephen J. Withrow Award for Advancing the Art and Science of Surgical Oncology. In 2012, Dr. Liptak became an ACVS Founding Fellow in Surgical Oncology - one of four in Canada and less than 70 in the world. In 2020, Dr. Liptak was accepted as a RCVS Specialist in Surgical Oncology, one of six in the world. In 2021, he became an ACVS Founding Fellow in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, one of only ten in the world. His main interests center around maxillofacial surgery for oral tumors, chest wall resection and reconstruction for rib tumors, musculoskeletal oncology and include bone tumors, and soft tissue sarcomas, but also soft tissue tumors such as apocrine gland anal sac adenocarcinomas. Dr. Liptak is one of the pioneers in sentinel lymph node mapping and using patient-specific, customized 3D-printed titanium implants for oncologic reconstructions.

Why Worry About Cancer in Pets?

Section 1: THE BIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF CANCER 1. The Etiology of Cancer 2. Tumor Biology and Metastasis 3. The Pathology of Neoplasia 4. The Epidemiology and the Evidence-Based Medicine Approach 5. Paraneoplastic Syndromes

Section 2: DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES FOR THE CANCER PATIENT 6. Diagnostic Imaging in Oncology 7. Diagnostic Cytology in Clinical Oncology 8. Molecular Diagnostics 9. Biopsy Principles and Staging

Section 3: THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES FOR THE CANCER PATIENT 10. Surgical Oncology 11. Interventional Oncology 12. Cancer Chemotherapy 13. Radiation Therapy 14. Cancer Immunotherapy 15. Molecular/Targeted Therapy of Cancer 16. Supportive Care for the Cancer Patient 17. Integrative Oncology 18. Clinical Trials and Developmental Therapeutics

Section 4: SPECIFIC MALIGNANCIES IN THE SMALL ANIMAL PATIENT 19. Tumors of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues 20. Melanoma 21. Mast Cell Tumors 22. Soft Tissue Sarcomas 23. Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract 24. Tumors of the Respiratory System 25. Tumors of the Skeletal System 26. Tumors of the Endocrine System 27. Tumors of the Female Reproductive System 28. Tumors of the Mammary Gland 29. Tumors of the Male Reproductive System 30. Tumors of the Urinary System 31. Tumors of the Nervous System 32. Ocular Tumors 33. Hematopoietic Tumors 34. Miscellaneous Tumors