Emerging Treatment Options: Interventional Oncology
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Key Points •Interventional oncology is a rapidly developing specialty in veterinary medicine that focuses on utilizing image-guided therapies in the minimally invasive treatment of neoplastic disease. •Several new therapies involving the locoregional delivery of chemotherapy and embolic agents, tumor ablation and stenting are being discovered in veterinary medicine and early results are promising.
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