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Oncology Refresher – Part 5

Suitable for Vets and Vet Nurses8 Hours

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9th Nov 2026 - 29th Nov 2026
4th May 2027 - 23rd May 2027
8th Nov 2027 - 28th Nov 2027

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Oncology Refresher – Part 5: Cancer is commonly diagnosed in pets in general practice. Thanks to tremendous advances in the treatment of small animal cancer you can help pets to continue to spend more good quality time with their families despite their diagnosis of a potentially life shortening disease.

This course will review the indications and application of clinical staging and the role of diagnostic imaging in the management of pets with cancer. You will learn about common paraneoplastic syndromes that present as biochemical abnormalities and may represent the first presenting sign of cancer or complication. The course will then cover feline melanocytic tumours & Ocular Melanomas and intra-tumoral Therapy for mast cell tumours included with tigilanol tiglate and steroids. You will also learn about Mesothelioma and Cardiac Neoplasia that often present diagnostic and treatment challenges in their management with a practical approach and tips to their diagnosis and treatment.

Oncology Refresher part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 can be taken individually and in any order.

Module 1. Cancer Prognosis TNM Classification and Clinical Staging

Module 2. Diagnostic Imaging for Clinical Staging in Oncology

Module 3. Paraneoplastic Hypercalcemia

Module 4. Paraneoplastic Hypocalcemia, Paraproteinemia, Fever and Cachexia

Module 5. Treating and Managing Mesothelioma

Module 6. Cardiac neoplasia – What You Can Achieve

Module 7. Feline Melanocytic Tumours and Ocular Melanomas

Module 8. Intra-tumoral Therapy for Mast Cell Tumours

Dr Chiara Penzo

DVM PhD Dip.ECVIM (Oncology) MRCVS. European and RCVS Recognised Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Oncology

I am part of the Oncology Team at Willows Veterinary Centre & Referral Service and am passionate about teaching. I have a strong interest in advancing cancer care options for patients with advanced stage disease or unresectable tumours. I have a vast experience in electrochemotherapy and advanced electrochemotherapy techniques that I am lucky to be able to offer at Willows for the benefit of patients with incompletely resected or unresectable tumours or as a pet friendly alternative to radiotherapy or extensive surgery. Alongside my referral clinical activity in small animal oncology, I work as an Honorary Lecturer for the University of Liverpool and I am a multilingual specialist consultant and lecturer at events in the UK and Europe. My focus is on postgraduate training in oncology and internal medicine and online education of pet owners and animal carers. I was a member of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM) examination committee from 2010 to 2018. The aim of my clinical work and teaching is to provide Vets and owners on a daily basis with the most up-to-date information on cancer diagnosis and treatment options, so pets can spend more time with their families whilst protecting their quality of life and preventing suffering. I graduated with laudem in 2003 and achieved a PhD in 2006 from University of Padua (Italy) that brought me for a short spell into the USA. I went on to complete a small animal rotatory internship at the University of Glasgow (2005-2006) and a residency in internal medicine and oncology at University of Edinburgh (2006-2009). In 2009 I was the first to be awarded by examination the title of European Veterinary Specialist in Oncology, ECVIM-CA(Oncology). I went on to lead the private referral small animal oncology service at Vets Now Referrals Hospital in Glasgow for 4 years (2009-2013) while offering online multilingual specialist consultations in small animal internal medicine and oncology for UK and Europe. I have been living in the UK since 2005 and after ten years in Scotland, I now live in the East Midlands with my husband, also a vet, my 2 young boys and wee dog Tosca. I am also a certified seasonal yoga teacher, keen runner, swimmer (and weather cyclist!) and love reading thrillers and romance novels. Close

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This course is designed as a refresher CPD course and is composed of a series of modules, with each module containing a recorded video webinar, notes to download and keep, plus clinical cases to deepen your understanding. The webinars are not live and can be viewed whenever works best for you.

Tutored courses run with a tutor for three weeks (the advertised dates), plus you then get continued access for a further 11 months (so 12 months in total). You can do our courses at your own pace and at times that suit you. Nothing has to be done at set times, so the courses are perfect for a world-wide audience.

Tutored courses are supplemented by a discussion forum where you can ask the tutor questions and debate topics relevant to your daily practice – this forum operates for the three weeks of the advertised course dates. Total course access is 12 months. Courses are completed with an MCQ exam (giving you 8 hours of CPD) which can be taken at any time during the 12 months the course is running.

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Oncology Refresher – Part 5

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