Oncology Tools You Can Use in Your Practice

Keeping up to date with changes in cancer treatment is difficult for the primary care veterinarian.  Exposure to cancer treatment options is limited during veterinary education and the typical primary care veterinarian does not diagnose cancer often.  Based on a study from Canada, most primary care veterinarians diagnose lymphoma and osteosarcoma in a small number of patients annually. Despite these barriers to cancer care in the primary care practice, pet owners want their primary care veterinarian to be involved in their pet’s cancer care and to collaborate with a specialist even when the pet is referred to a veterinary oncologist. This presentation will alert attendees to readily available resources to help optimize cancer patient management in primary care practice.