ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 45 Hours of tutorials: 4 Expository Class: 14 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
Areas: Clinical Veterinary Science
Center Faculty of Veterinary Science
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
The specific objectives of Veterinary Clinical Oncology are the following:
1. Know the basic concepts of tumor biology.
2. Know the main characteristics of the different tumor types and how they influence the staging and degree of neoplasms.
3. Know the different diagnostic modalities applicable to cancer patients.
4. Know the different therapeutic modalities used in cancer patients including palliative care.
5. Be able to issue a prognosis in a cancer patient.
6. Recognize, diagnose and carry out a therapeutic approach to the most frequent tumors in veterinary medicine.
7. Relate and apply knowledge from other subjects.
8. Know and critically use bibliographic sources.
LECTURES
Contents (14 hours):
• Unit 1. Biology and pathogenesis of neoplasms. Carcinogenesis. Proliferation and metastasis. Neoplasm immunology (1 hour).
• Unit 2. Diagnosis of neoplasms I. Classification and gradation (2 hour).
• Unit 3. Diagnosis of neoplasms II. Cytology and biopsy. Tumor markers. Prognostic factors (2 hours).
• Unit 4: Paraneoplastic syndromes and oncological emergencies. Identification of the main paraneoplastic syndromes. Management of hypercalcemia and hypoglycemia (1 hour).
• Unit 5: Diagnostic imaging in oncology: radiology, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance, scintigraphy and positron emission tomography (2 hours).
• Unit 6. Surgery in oncology: biopsy, indications for surgery, types of surgery: curative, palliative, preventive, diagnostic and cytoreductive (1.5 hours).
• Unit 7. Chemotherapy in oncology: indications, used pharmacological groups, protocols, modes of administration, handling of agents, side effects and metronomic therapy (2 hours).
• Unit 8. Radiotherapy: planning, calculation and distribution of doses and scheduling of sessions (1 hour).
• Unit 9: Cancer patient care: pain control, supportive care and palliative care (1.5 hours).
SEMINARS
Contents (12 hours):
OCV-S1-G1 e OCV-S2-G1. Most frequent cutaneous neoplasms. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach (2 hours).
OCV-S3-G1 a OCV-S4-G1. Most frequent neoplasms of the hematopoietic or lymphoreticular organs. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach (2 hours).
OCV-S5-G1 e OCV-S6-G1. Most frequent neoplasms of the reproductive system. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach (2 hours).
OCV-S7-G1 e OCV-S8-G1. Sarcomas. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach (2 hours).
OCV-S9-G1 e OCV-S10-G1. Neoplasms of internal organs and serous. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach (2 hours).
OCV-S11-G1 e OCV-S12-G1. Neoplasms of the internal organs and serous II. Planning diagnosis and treatment (2 hours).
Basic bibliography:
ARGYLE, D.J.; BREARLEY, M.J.; TUREK, M. (2010). Decision Making in Small Animal Clinical Oncology. Blackwell Publications.
CRUMP, K.; THAMM, D.H. (2011). Cancer Chemotherapy for the Veterinary Health Team. John Wiley & Sons.
HENRY, C.J.; HIGGINBOTHAM, M.L. (2010). Cancer Management in Small Animal Practice. Saunders/Elsevier.
KNOTTENBELT. D (2015). Clinical Equine Oncology. Elsevier.
LASCELLES, D.; DOBSON, J.M. (2010). BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Oncology (BSAVA British Small Animal Veterinary Association). BSAVA Publications.
MEUTEN, D.J. (2002). Tumors in domestic animals. 4th ed. Iowa State Press.
MEUTEN, DJ (2016) Tumor in domestic animals. 5th edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
PENNINCK, D.; D'ANJOU, M. A. Atlas de ecografía en pequeños animales. Segunda edición. Multimédica. Sant Cugat del Vallés. Barcelona. 2017.
RASKIN, R.E.; MEYER, D. (2016). Canine and Feline Cytology: A Color Atlas and Interpretation Guide. Saunders (3ª ed).
RISSELADA. M (2020). Atlas of Surgical Approaches to Soft Tissue and Oncologic Diseases in the Dog and Cat. Wiley-Blackwell
RUANO BARNEDA, R. CIGÜENZA DEL OJO, P. DOMINGO ROA, V. (2018). Atlas de Diagnóstico Citológico en Animales de Compañía. Multimédica Ediciones.
SEGUIN, B.; KUDNIG, S.T. (2012). Veterinary Surgical Oncology John Wiley & Sons.
THRALL, D.E. Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology. 6th Ed. W. B. Saunders Elsevier. Philadelphia. 2013.
THRALL, D.E. Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology. 7th Ed. W. B. Saunders Elsevier. Philadelphia. 2018.
VAIL, D.M., THAMM, D., LIPTAK, J. (2019). Withrow and MacEwen's Small Animal Clinical Oncology 6rd Ed., Saunders.
ZACHARY, J.F.; McGAVIN, M.D. (2012). Pathologic basis of Veterinary Disease. 4th ed. Ed. Mosby, St. Louis. Missouri.
ZACHARY, JF. (2017). Pathologic basis of Veterinary Disease. 6th ed. Ed. Elsevier (available in electronic version).
ZACHARY, J.F. (2021). Pathologic basis of Veterinary Disease. 7th ed. Ed. Elsevier-Mosby, St. Louis. Missouri, USA
Complementary bibliography:
BUSHBERG J.T.; SEIBERT, J.A.; LEIDHOLD, E.M.; BOONE, J.M. The Essentials Physics of Medical Imaging. 3th. Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 2011.
DANIEL, G.B.; BERRY, C.R. Textbook of Veterinary Nuclear Medicine. American College of Veterinary Medicine. 2006.
KUMMAR, V, ABBAS, AK, ASTER, J. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 10th ed. Elsevier. Philadelphia. 2020.
MAI, W. Diagnostic MRI in Dogs and Cats. CRC Press. 2018.
WISNER, E.; ZWINGENBERGER, A. Atlas of Small Animal CT and MRI. Wiley Blackwell. 2015.
Internet resources:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1420150964944380/ (Onco Clin Vet USC)
https://eclinpath.com
https://veterinarycytology.org/
https://vsso.org/
http://www.oncolink.org/types/index.cfm
http://www.vin.com (use USC credentials to request registration. Free for students).
http://www. ivis. org (requires registration. Free resource).
We recommend the use of internet resources specified in the Bibliography section, as well as the electronic access bibliography available at the USC Library. A BUSC EN LIÑA https://busconline.gal. Also, through Portico (http://sfx.bugalicia.org/san/az) and EZproxy (https://www.usc.gal/gl/servizos/biblioteca/utilidades/ezproxy.html), managed by BUGalicia, you can search for scientific journals and electronic books (with USC credentials). For specific topics, teachers may provide open access articles or recommend searching through PubMed or Google Scholar.
General competencies
GVUSC01. Ability to learn and adapt.
GVUSC02. Capability for analysis and synthesis.
GVUSC03. General knowledge of the working area.
GVUSC04. Planning and work management.
GVUSC05. Capability to put knowledge into practice.
GVUSC06. Capability to work both independently and as part of a team.
GVUSC09. Capability to communicate in different areas.
GVUSC10. Ethical commitment and undertaking of responsibilities.
Disciplinary competencies
CEDVUSC 07. Knowledge of the changes in the structure and function of the animal organism.
CEDVUSC 08. Knowledge and diagnosis of the various animal diseases, both individual and collective, and its prevention measures with special emphasis on zoonoses and notifiable diseases.
CEDVUSC 09. General basis of medical and surgical treatments.
Specific Professional Competencies (expertise, day-one skills)
D1VUSC 03. Perform standard laboratory tests, and interpret clinical, biological and chemical results.
D1VUSC 04. Diagnose common diseases using complementary protocols and diagnostic techniques.
D1VUSC 07. Perform basic medical and surgical treatments in animals.
D1VUSC 08. Prescribe, manage and administer properly veterinary medicines.
D1VUSC 17. Perform technical reports specific to veterinary competencies.
Specific Academic Competencies (want to do)
CEAVUSC 01. Analyze, synthesize and solve problems and make decisions within the scope of the Veterinary profession.
CEAVUSC 02. Be aware of the ethical responsibilities of the veterinary profession in relation to the society.
CEAVUSC 03. Disclose information obtained during the Veterinary professional practice in an easy oral and written way, with other colleagues, authorities and society in general.
CEAVUSC 04. Search and manage information related to veterinary practice.
CEAVUSC 05. Know and apply the scientific method in professional practice, including evidence-based medicine.
CEAVUSC 06. Knowing how to find professional help and advice.
CEAVUSC 07. Have basic knowledge of a foreign language, especially in technical aspects of veterinary science.
CEAVUSC 08. Being aware of the need to keep professional skills and knowledge up to date through a process of lifelong learning.
Transversal competences
CTVUSC 01. Capacity for reasoning and argument.
CTVUSC 02. Ability to obtain adequate, diverse and updated information by various means such as literature and Internet information, and critically analyze it.
CTVUSC 03. Ability to develop and present an organized and understandable text.
CTVUSC 04. Ability to make a clear, concise, and consistent public presentation
CTVUSC 05. Skill in the use of ICTs.
CTVUSC 06. Use information in a foreign language.
CTVUSC 07. Ability to solve problems through the Integration and application of knowledge.
The in-classroom workload in Veterinary Clinical Oncology is developed in 14 hours of lectures, 4 hours of tutoring in small groups and 12 hours of seminars.
The LECTURES will be distributed throughout the semester according to the official calendar of the center. In these sessions the basic concepts of oncology will be exposed from a multidisciplinary point of view.
The SEMINARS (Onco.-S1......12-G1) cover 2 hours over 6 days spread throughout the whole semester according to the official calendar of the center. The seminars will focus on the description of the histological characteristics and biological behavior of specific neoplasms frequent in small animals, as well as on the diagnostic and therapeutic evaluation. These issues will be addressed through clinical cases.
There will be 4 hours of TUTORIALS (OCV-T1…T4-G1..G3) established in the official calendar of the center. These serve to solve doubts that have operated in the lectures, seminars or in the development of the different activities proposed throughout the course as self-study work.
The lectures, seminars and tutorials will be in-classroom with systematic support from the Virtual Campus.
Throughout the course, a series of activities will be proposed based on the resolution of different clinical situations and the search for information (self-study work). The USC virtual campus will be of great support for the realization and management of all these additional works by the student.
Through the USC virtual campus, the support material for the follow-up of the lectures and seminars will be made available to the students, as well as the complementary material that includes recommended readings, clinical cases, web links, etc.
The evaluation of the subject will be carried out based on a continuous evaluation system (45%) and a final test (55% of the final mark).
- The continuous evaluation of the students will collect the personal work through different tests: written exercises, scheduled or unscheduled, active participation in discussion forums, as well as the grade obtained in the different works proposed throughout the course. The weight of continuous evaluation in the extraordinary recovery opportunity (July tests) will be the same as the first opportunity. The continuous evaluation note will not be saved for subsequent calls.
- Final test: it will evaluate the theoretical-practical knowledge by means of an in-classroom test about the contents covered in the lectures and seminars. The contents of the lectures will be evaluated by means of a theoretical exam (test type forms, short questions, and/or essays, using the appropriate graphic supports). The contents taught in the seminars and tutorials will be evaluated through a reasoning and comprehension test in which the students will be able to use the teaching material during the exam. To pass the course it will be necessary to pass this final test and it will mean 55% of the total mark (knowledge test: 25%; reasoning test: 30%). The final test will be compulsory and complementary to the continuous evaluation.
In the case of plagiarism, fraud or improper use of technologies during the performance of the different tests (in-classroom and telematic), the provisions of the “Regulation of assessment of academic performance of students and of review of qualifications” will apply.
Attendance at lectures, tutorials and programmed seminars will be mandatory and your evaluation will be continuous, so that attendance is not waived.
The continuous evaluations of the lectures and seminars will not be maintained in subsequent courses.
The in-classroom workload of the student:
• Lectures: 14 hours
• Seminars: 12 hours
• Tutorials in small groups: 4 hours
Self-directed learning and individual study of the student
• Individual study: 25 hours
• Use of learning resources: 8 hours
• Clinical case resolution: 10 hours
• Examinations: 2 hours
Total hours of classroom work: 30
Total hours of self-directed learning and individual work: 45
Total hours of student: 75
• Regular attendance at all timetable classes and seminars.
• Continuous work and simultaneous follow up of self-study with regular lectures.
• Check assignment deadlines and exam dates, and begin assignments early.
• Regular use of the personalized tutorials or through the communication tools of the virtual USC.
• Use of the materials provided by teachers as a study guide: outlines lessons and notes distributed in the virtual. USC.
• Use of the self-elaborated material and notes taken by students during the lessons.
• Use of recommended learning resources as for example textbooks, image atlas, Web sites.
Germán Santamarina Pernas
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Clinical Veterinary Science
- german.santamarina [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Antonio Gonzalez Cantalapiedra
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Clinical Veterinary Science
- antonio.cantalapiedra [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Maria Isabel Quiroga Berdeal
Coordinador/a- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Clinical Veterinary Science
- misabel.quiroga [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Monica Lopez Peña
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Clinical Veterinary Science
- Phone
- 982822329
- monica.lopez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Maria Luisa Suarez Rey
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Clinical Veterinary Science
- Phone
- 982822622
- maruska.suarez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Jose Daniel Barreiro Vazquez
- Department
- Anatomy, Animal Production and Clinical Veterinary Science
- Area
- Clinical Veterinary Science
- josedaniel.barreiro [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) PhD Assistant Professor
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