Tumors in Domestic Animals
6. Auflage November 2026
1280 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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Fully updated new edition of the most comprehensive reference on veterinary tumor pathology in domestic animals
Tumors in Domestic Animals, Sixth Edition is the authoritative reference on veterinary tumor pathology. The book focuses on diagnostics, the biologic behavior of animal cancers, and oncogenesis. The sixth edition includes current advances in research and diagnostics, and hundreds of new full-color images to aid in identification and prediction of tumor behavior. Logically organized for ease of use, the neoplastic and non-neoplastic tumors in each system are listed and the relevant clinical and diagnostic features provided, differential diagnoses are included, and each chapter is superbly illustrated allowing readers to quickly locate relevant information.
There are many new authors, and seven new chapters are included allowing easier access to information regarding parameters to evaluate tumors, melanocytic, and odontogenic tumors, as well as tumors of the heart, pancreas, spleen and thymus, and serosa. A companion website offers figures for downloading in PowerPoint.
Topics discussed in Tumors in Domestic Animals include:
* System by system overview of cancer, including cytology, histology, immunohistochemistry, trimming, parameters used to evaluate, and behavior of tumors
* Epithelial, non-epithelial, and melanocytic tumors of the skin and oral cavity
* Tumors of bone, joints, skeletal muscle and the respiratory and alimentary tracts
* Tumors of the liver and gall bladder, urinary, genital, and nervous systems, mammary gland, eye and ear
* Appendices summarize the key diagnostic and prognostic information for aggressive tumors seen frequently in dogs and cats
Tumors in Domestic Animals is an essential up-to-date reference on cancer of domestic animals designed for veterinary pathologists, oncologists, and residents.
Preface, vii
About the Companion Website, ix
1 An Overview of Molecular Cancer Pathogenesis: Diagnostic and Prognostic applications, 1
Matthew Breen, Daniel Regan and Susan J. G. Shapiro
2 Specimen Submission Trimming, and Communication, 27
Ryan N. Jennings, Taryn A. Donovan, Paul C. Stromberg and Donald J. Meuten
3 Immunohistochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications in Oncology, 44
Luke B. Borst and Daniel Rissi
4 Parameters to Evaluate Neoplasms
Donald J. Meuten and Frances M. Moore
5 Epithelial Tumors of the Skin, 88
John S. Munday, Charles W. Bradley, Dominique J. Wiener, and Margaret A. Miller
6 Mesenchymal Tumors of the Skin and Soft Tissues, 142
Giancarlo Avallone, Paola Roccabianca and Frances M. Moore
7 Tumors of Melanocytic Origin, 176
Rebecca C Smedley and Laura Bongiovanni
8 Mast Cell Tumors, 176
Bruce H. Williams, Renee Laufer-Amorim and Paula M. Krimer
9 Tumors of the Hematolymphoid System, 203
Dorothee Bienzle, Amy C. Durham and William Vernau,
10 Canine and Feline Histiocytic Diseases, 322
Peter F. Moore
11 Tumors of Joints, 337
Linden E. Craig
12 Tumors of Bone, 356
Keren E. Dittmer, Courtney R. Schott and Sarah Pemberton
13 Tumors of Muscle, 425
Brian G. Caserto
14 Tumors of the Heart, 425
Cameron G. Knight and Jennifer L. Davies
15 Tumors of the Respiratory Tract, 467
Taryn A. Donovan, Jeff L. Caswell and Dennis W. Wilson
16 Tumors of the Alimentary Tract, 499
John S. Munday and Christiane V. Löhr
17 Tumors of the Exocrine Pancreas, 499
Christiane V. Löhr and Megan E. Schreeg
18 Odontogenic tumors and cysts of the jaw, 499
Christiane V. Löhr and Brian G. Murphy
19 Tumors of the Liver and Gallbladder, 602
Olivia M. Patania and John M. Cullen
20 Tumors of the Spleen and Thymus, 602
Pompei Bolfa
21 Tumors of the Urinary System, 632
Renée Laufer-Amorim, Chiara Palmieri, Valeria Grieco, Carlos Eduardo Fonseca Alves, Deborah W. Knapp and Donald J. Meuten
22 Tumors of the Female and Male Reproductive Systems, 689
Mayra F. Tsoi and Dalen W. Agnew
23 Serosal and Retroperitoneal Tumors, 689
John S. Munday
24 Tumors of the Mammary Gland, 723
Laura Peña, Valentina Zappulli and Michael H. Goldschmidt,
25 Tumors of the Endocrine Glands, 766
Thomas J. Rosol, Arnon Gal and Donald J. Meuten
26 Tumors of the Nervous System, 834
Jey W. Koehler, Daniel R. Rissi, Andrew D. Miller, Molly E. Church, John H. Rossmeisl
27 Tumors of the Eye, 892
Leandro B.C. Teixeira, Gillian C. Shaw and Richard R. Dubielzig
28 Tumors of the Ear, 923
Bradley L. Njaa
Donald J. Meuten, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP, is Professor Emeritus at the College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
John S. Munday, BVSc, PhD, DSc, Diplomate ACVP, is Professor of Veterinary Pathology at the School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North New Zealand.
Illustration editor
Pompei Bolfa DVM PhD, Diplomate ACVP, is Professor of Veterinary Pathology at Ross University, Basseterre, Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts