Electroporation in Veterinary Oncology Practice: Electrochemotherapy and Gene Electrotransfer for Immunotherapy

A Comprehensive Guide to Veterinary Electroporation

This book is the first edited collection on veterinary applications of electroporation. Written by an international team of experts, this book presents worldwide emerging therapy options for cancer treatments in veterinary oncology practice. Electroporation offers a precision tool to target cancer cells without destroying surrounding tissue structures, and this book serves as a valuable resource for practitioner education.

Key Features

• Emerging Therapy: The book presents worldwide emerging therapy options for cancer treatments in veterinary oncology practice.
• Precision Targeting: The opening of tumor cell membranes facilitates local control of solid tumors either through the delivery of chemotherapeutics or by direct ablation of tissues using electric fields.
• Immunotherapy Applications: It includes chapters on different immunotherapy applications with gene electrotransfer, calcium electroporation, and irreversible electroporation applications.
• Combined Treatments: It covers combinations with other common treatments such as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.
  
  
• Broad Audience: This book is valuable for oncologists, surgeons, primary care veterinarians, residents, interns, and students at veterinary schools.
• Comparative Medicine: It features cross-disciplinary authorship and contributes to advances in comparative medicine and translation research in support of a holistic health concept.