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