Prognostic Factors and Immune Response in Small Animal Oncology and Surgery
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Companion Animals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2023) | Viewed by 12813
Special Issue Editors
Interests: veterinary pathology; veterinary oncology; cancer immunology; oncogenic viruses; immunuohistochemistry/fluorescence
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Veterinary oncology, with particular attention to small animals, is rapidly becoming one of the main and most dynamic branches of veterinary medicine. Clinicians, surgeons, pathologists, and researchers in the field are therefore called to refine the knowledge and the instruments to improve the life of pets and humans experiencing cancer by identifying solid prognostic factors in animal tumors and by investigating the spontaneous models of cancer that our pets provide us with. To develop veterinary and comparative oncology, the provision of deeper knowledge on the role of the immune response in small animals’ tumors is an essential goal that deserves our attention and efforts.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue which will focus on topics relevant to both veterinary and comparative oncology.
This Special Issue aims to gather information from the latest studies and research, providing brand new tools for a better understanding of our pets’ oncological diseases, focusing on both prognostic features and deepening our knowledge on the immune response to cancer, with a “one health” approach.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Prognostic tools in veterinary oncology from a clinical, surgical, and pathological point of view;
- The role and the prognostic value of immune response in veterinary and comparative oncology.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ilaria Porcellato
Dr. Chiara Brachelente
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- prognostic factors
- cancer immune response
- veterinary oncology
- small animals
- spontaneous models
- comparative oncology
- one health
- canine oncology
- feline oncology
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