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Excellent value for money, very practical for the General practitioner, I feel so much more confident about chemotherapy. Very helpful, knowledgeable course tutor happy to answer any questions, silly or otherwise!
L.B MRCVS
Very practical and easy to follow for a General practitioner. I find the "end of module quizzes" that Chiara uses are very well thought out and often help to consolidate the learning material and organise it into my brain!
L.B MRCVS

Safe Use of Chemotherapy

Suitable for Vets and Vet Nurses8 Hours

From £199.00 + VAT

Earn up to 209 points.
Tutored - Choose a course date

You get 12 months access to all our courses! The course dates listed below simply refer to the dates that the course tutor is available to answer your questions. So – the first three weeks of the course are tutored, and the following 11 months are self-directed learning. Book and start at any time during the advertised course dates!

  • 9th Nov 2026 - 29th Nov 2026
  • 4th May 2027 - 23rd May 2027
  • 8th Nov 2027 - 28th Nov 2027
  • Untutored On Demand - Available now!
    If you missed our last Tutored course, but can’t wait for the next one to run, this is another option for your CPD. Courses are only available to purchase for a time-limited period after a Tutored course has run. Simply purchase the course and you can start straight away with 12 months access. - Read more
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What people say about us

Excellent value for money, very practical for the General practitioner, I feel so much more confident about chemotherapy. Very helpful, knowledgeable course tutor happy to answer any questions, silly or otherwise!
L.B MRCVS
Very practical and easy to follow for a General practitioner. I find the "end of module quizzes" that Chiara uses are very well thought out and often help to consolidate the learning material and organise it into my brain!
L.B MRCVS

Course Overview

Safe Use of Chemotherapy – Knowledge of the indications and administration techniques of chemotherapy agents used in the treatment of cancer in pets is of paramount importance to achieve the best outcome in terms of survival and quality of life by avoiding ineffective treatments and preventing significant adverse effects. This Safe Use of Chemotherapy course aims to be a practical guide to the safe dosing, preparation and administration in general practice of the most commonly used chemotherapy drugs for the treatment of cancer in small animals and their monitoring. The course will concentrate on the most commonly used chemotherapy protocols for the treatment of lymphoma and solid tumours such as carcinomas, sarcomas and mast cell tumours, while receiving an update on new medications and techniques available for your patients such as electrochemotherapy, metronomic chemotherapy, tyrosine kinase inhibitors and immunotherapy!

Module 1. Chemotherapy – what is it and when to use it
Module 2. Chemotherapy Drugs and Protocols – Solid tumours
Module 3. Chemotherapy Drugs and Protocols – Lymphoma
Module 4. Monitoring the Veterinary Chemotherapy Patient
Module 5. ABC of Chemotherapy Preparation and Administration
Module 6. Chemotherapy Health and Safety in Your Practice
Module 7. Gastrointestinal toxicity, Neutropenia and Extravasation injury
Module 8. Bladder toxicity, Acute reactions and Toxicity from Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors

Dr Chiara Penzo

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

Tutored
Untutored On Demand

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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