Sterile Haemorrhagic Cystitis (SHC)

Everyone who handles cyclophosphamide will know that there is a significant risk of inducing severe haemorrhagic cystitis in dogs with its use. In the worst cases, this can be so severe that it leads to euthanasia. This can be all the more devastating in a patient whose cancer is in remission and expected to remain…

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Urine Testing for Bladder Cancer – The BRAF Mutation Test

What is the BRAF test? Cancer happens as a result of a number of mutations in a cell. Sometimes there can be completely different genes mutated in different animals with the same tumour. In TCC however, a mutation in a protein called BRAF is very common, occurring in 85% of dogs with this cancer. Importantly…

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My Dog has a Mast Cell Tumour… Now what? Pathologic Approach to Prognosis and Treatment

Mast cell tumours are frighteningly commonplace and distressingly variable in their behaviour. This webinar will help you to understand how their pathological characteristics – including grading, margins evaluation and molecular markers – can assist in formulating prognosis and improve clinical decision making in dogs with mast cell tumours. My Dog has a Mast Cell Tumour……

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When can I recommend electrochemotherapy?

Electrochemotherapy is a treatment which we have been offering at NDSR for the last 4 years. It has become a very useful part of our armoury for both improving the quality of life in animals with non-resectable cancer and for preventing the recurrence of incompletely excised tumours. When do we recommend it? We use electrochemotherapy…

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