Feline Cancer/Health Resources
How To Read Lab Tests
Understanding Your Pet's Blood Work
Therapeutic Choices for the Medical Management of Feline Lymphoma - Changes in disease frequency and presentation of feline lymphoma
necessitate a somewhat different approach to protocol selection and
supportive care. The incidence, signalment, and etiology of this disease
has changed during the 80's and 90's. Overall, it appears that feline
leukemia virus infection has declined along with the frequency of some
anatomic forms ... much more on new protocols on their website.
HolVet's Neoplasene Information Center - Neoplasene® is a relatively new drug available for veterinary use. It
is derived from the perennial herb bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis),
so named because of the reddish sap of the root. It has historically
been used as a dye, an emetic (induces vomiting) and a wart and tumor
treatment, esp. by Native Americans. Neoplasene® does not burn tissue.
Instead it causes cancer cells to die by a process known as apoptosis.
They enter into a self termination process. This sounds promising, read
more on their website.
BMC Veterinary Research - Publishes original research articles in all aspects of veterinary
science and medicine, including the epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention
and treatment of medical conditions of domestic, companion, farm and
wild animals, as well as the biomedical processes that underlie their
health. BMC Veterinary Research (ISSN 1746-6148) is
indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed.
RxList & ID Imprint Code Identification - Check the imprint codes of a pill to make sure they ARE what it says on the bottle.
Look It Up Drug Reference - Pill indentification, search by color, shape, and/or markings.
Drug Interactions Look-up - Look up all your drugs to see if there is a possibility of any of them interacting or counteracting each other.
FDA - Center For Veterinary Medicine - This site has lots of info including a section on adverse drug reactions.
Medline Plus - A list of all the medicines and everything you could possibly want to
know about them - including side-effects (usually toward the bottom of
the page for that drug). Of course these side-effects are for humans,
but our kitties could suffer in similar ways.
CatHelp-Online.com - They hope to help provide feline health information to help you best
care for your kitty. Many feline health subjects covered here, and links
to other good resources.
IRIDOLOGY - Interesting site that indicates possible health related problems
based on the condition of the iris. According to this site, Iridology
has been practiced since history has been recorded.
Feline CRF Information - Informational site that is very helpful if your kitty is also dealing with CRF which sometimes goes hand in hand with cancer.
Feline Endocrine System & Disorders - The endocrine system runs EVERYTHING, it is composed of glands that
secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream. These hormones regulate
many body processes. The endocrine system of the cat includes the
following glands: thyroid, parathyroids, adrenals, pancreas, gonads
(testicles and ovaries), and pituitary.
Simple easy to understand article on how to read and understand your cat's serum chemistry profile.
Blood [Serum] Chemistry