Treatment, Medication & Supplement Directory
A comprehensive encyclopedia of medicines, chemotherapy protocols, targeted and immune therapies, supplements, Chinese herbal formulas, Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) approaches, and supportive-care options used or discussed in canine and feline tumor care. Directory entries explain what each option is, where it may fit, its evidence and safety boundaries, and what to discuss with a veterinarian; they are references, not individualized prescriptions or rankings.
Prednisone in Canine Cancer Care: A Timing and Safety Discussion
Prednisone is a prescription corticosteroid used in several veterinary cancer contexts, including components of lymphoma protocols and selected palliative plans. Its purpose, timing and taper must be defined…
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Appetite Support: Find and Treat the Reason a Dog Is Not Eating
Reduced appetite can result from nausea, pain, fever, constipation, oral disease, swallowing difficulty, medication effects, tumor location, stress, or metabolic illness. Appetite support starts by investigating and treating…
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Palliative Care Plan: Concurrent Comfort From Diagnosis Onward
Palliative care focuses on comfort and function and can begin at diagnosis while tumor-directed treatment continues. Hospice is a later, more intensive form of comfort-focused care; neither means…
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Palliative-Intent Radiation: Symptom Goal and Tradeoffs
Palliative radiation uses a comfort-focused treatment plan for selected painful or obstructive tumors and must be evaluated by symptom goal, burden, and field-specific risk.
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Mirtazapine for Appetite Support: Nausea-First and Interaction Boundary
Mirtazapine may support appetite in selected dogs or cats, but nausea, pain, obstruction, oral disease, diet, organ function, and serotonergic interactions need attention first.
Read moreCapromorelin for Appetite Support: Cause, Species, and Monitoring
Capromorelin is a ghrelin-receptor agonist used in species- and product-specific veterinary appetite settings; it does not replace evaluation of why intake fell.
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Opioids in Veterinary Cancer Pain and Crisis Care
Opioids are controlled prescription analgesics used in selected acute, severe, perioperative, and palliative pain plans under route-, product-, and jurisdiction-specific oversight.
Read moreConstipation and Difficult Defecation in Cancer Care
Difficult defecation can reflect dehydration, pain, immobility, medication effects, pelvic or intestinal obstruction, neurologic disease, or inadequate intake and needs cause-based care.
Read moreNutrition Screening From Cancer Diagnosis Through Follow-Up
Routine nutrition screening identifies intake, weight, muscle, diet, gastrointestinal, and feeding barriers early enough to act before severe loss develops.
Read moreComplete-and-Balanced Diets: Reading the Nutritional Adequacy Statement
A nutritional adequacy statement helps distinguish a sole diet from a treat, topper, or supplement, but palatability and patient-specific suitability still matter.
Read moreThe “Cancer Diet” Question: Evidence Without Universal Rules
There is no single diet proven appropriate for every dog or cat with cancer; intake, balance, tumor, treatment, comorbidities, and patient preference lead the decision.
Read moreHome-Prepared Diets: Veterinary Nutrition Formulation and Follow-Through
A home-prepared diet can meet selected patient needs only when a veterinary nutrition specialist formulates it and the household follows and updates the recipe accurately.
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