Oncology

Board Certified Oncologist Dr. Kevin Finora, is available to provide consultation and treatment options for all forms of cancer, including the following:

Discrete Cell Tumours (Round Cell Tumours):

• canine lymphoma
• feline lymphoma
• leukemia
• mast cell tumours
• melanoma
• plasmacytoma and plasma cell tumours
• multiple myeloma
• histiocytoma (single and multiple)
• transmisable veneral tumours (TVT)

Sarcomas:

• osteosarcoma
• hemangiosarcoma
• soft tissue sarcomas (fibrosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, peripheral nerve sheath tumour (sometimes called hemangiopericytoma))
• vaccine associated/injection site sarcomas
• liposarcoma
• leiomyosarcoma

Carcinomas:

• transitional cell carcinoma
• squamous cell carcinoma
• mammary gland adenocarcinoma (canine mammary gland tumours & feline mammary gland tumours)
• thyroid adenocarcinoma
• metastatic carcinomatosis
• heptaocellular carcinoma
• pulmonary adenocarcinoma
• adenocarcinoma of the GI tract
• anal sac apocrine gland adenocarcinoma

Misc.

• nervous system and ocular tumours
• mesothelioma
• histiocytic disease (histiocytic sarcoma, reative histiocytosis)
• insulinoma
• the language of oncology
• chemotherapy side effects
• MDR1 gene mutation
• the role of COX-2 inhibition in cancer treatment
• molecular markers
• clinical approach to cutaneous and subcutaneous masses
• clinical staging
• chemotherapy resistance
• the Nadir CBC
• metronomic therapy
• paraneoplastic syndromes
• paraneoplastic syndromes: part 2
• common chemotherapy drugs
• flow cytometry and immunocytochemistry

Click to view images of:

• Normal Lymph Node Architecture
• Lymphosarcoma

The images accessible through the above 2 links have been reprinted with permission by the copyright owner,  Hill's Pet Nutrition, from the Atlas of Veterinary Clinical Anatomy. These illustrations should not be downloaded, printed or copied except for personal, non-commercial use.