Companion Animal Oncology – Cancer Surgery

A mixture of lectures, e-learning, theoretical and practical exercises. Case-study work.

Having completed the course, the student must be able to:
 
Knowledge

• Understand the aetiology, pathophysiology and clinical appearance of neoplastic disorders in companion animal patients with focus on surgical intervention.
• Understand the influence of surgical neoplastic disorders in companion animal patients on the selection of anaesthesia and pain alleviation.
• Use and continue to develop common and typical surgical techniques in the treatment of neoplastic disease in companion animal patients with focus on acute symptom relief.
• Explain, reflect about, and discuss a problem oriented and evidence based work-up and treatment plan for companion animal patients with with surgical neoplastic disease.
• Define and identify relevant anatomical structures.

 
Skills

• Perform atraumatic surgical techniques in particular with regards to tissue handling and minimal invasive diagnostics in regard to companion animal neoplastic disorders including fibrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, oral cancer, mastocytoma and mammary cancer.
• Evaluate, plan and perform reconstructive surgery used for cancer patients.
• Assess companion animal cancer patients perioperatively with focus on treatment effect, complications and prognosis, including adjuvant therapy.

 
Competences

• Evaluate, plan and manage a diagnostic work-up for a companion animal patient with neoplastic disease in need of surgical intervention.
• Plan advanced therapy/procedure for companion animal cancer patients including decision of the surgical dose in relation to specific neoplasias.
• Independently obtain, evaluate and elaborate on evidence based new knowledge within companion animal cancer surgery.
• Collaborate and communicate within and between specialist and non-specialist peers and lay persons involved in companion animal surgical cancer patient management.

You must meet the following criteria to be admitted to this course: 

The course responsible at the specialisation track in Companion Animal Oncology are:

• Professor Thomas Eriksen, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Section for Surgery, Neurology and Cardiology, University of Copenhagen.
• Professor James Edward Miles, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Section for Surgery, Neurology and Cardiology, University of Copenhagen.

Lecturers at the specialisation track are:

National and international capacities within the field.