Oncology – dogs and cats

AAHAAmerican Animal Hospital Association
ACVIMAmerican College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
BBVBestBETs for Vets, Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine
EABCDEuropean Advisory Board on Cat Dieases
OPWGOncology-Pathology Working Group
VEVeterinary Evidence, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Knowledge

Chemotherapy

CONSENSUS STATEMENTS

Common terminology criteria for adverse events (VCOG-CTCAE v2) following investigational therapy in dogs and cats OPWG (2021)

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The safe use of cytotoxic chemotherapeutics in veterinary practice – ACVIM (2018)

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Feline injection site sarcoma (FISS)

CLINICAL GUIDELINES

Feline injection-site sarcoma (FISS) – EABCD (2024)

General oncology

CLINICAL GUIDELINES

Oncology guidelines for dogs and cats – AAHA (2016)

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CRITICALLY APPRAISED TOPICS

Ultrasound versus cytology and histopathology in detecting splenic and hepatic round cell neoplasia in dogs – VE (2025)

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Lymphoma

CONSENSUS STATEMENTS

Diagnosis and classification of primary nodal lymphomas in dogs – OPWG (2025)

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CRITICALLY APPRAISED TOPICS

Flow cytometry and prognosis in dogs with B-cell lymphoma – VE (2022)

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Palliative steroids and survival in multicentric lymphoma in dogs – VE (2018)

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Turkey tail as an adjuvant therapy to improve the quality of life of canine lymphoma patients – VE (2021)

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Mammary tumours

CRITICALLY APPRAISED TOPICS

Age at neutering and mammary tumours in dogs – BBV (2021)

Adjuvant chemotherapy in cats with mammary carcinomas undergoing surgical removal – VE (2024)

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Speying versus non-speying and mammary carcinoma risk in cats – VE (2025)

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Mast cell tumours

CONSENSUS STATEMENTS

European consensus document on mast cell tumours in dogs and cats (2012)

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CRITICALLY APPRAISED TOPICS

Extent of the surgical margin and likelihood of local recurrence in Patnaik grade I or II cutaneous mast cell tumours – VE (2022)

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Melanoma

CONSENSUS STATEMENTS

Diagnosis and histopathologic prognostication of canine melanocytic neoplasms – OPWG (2022)

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Osteosarcoma

CRITICALLY APPRAISED TOPICS

Diagnostic accuracy of cytology for canine osteosarcoma compared to histopathology – VE (2021)

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Squamous cell carcinoma

CRITICALLY APPRAISED TOPICS

Papillomaviruses and feline cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma – VE (2021)

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