About this Research Topic
The incidence of tumors affecting nervous system of cats is not well defined. It is known that intracranial neoplasia account for about 2% with meningiomas as the most common, and that primary lymphoma consists in the most frequent tumor of the spinal cord. For feline nervous system tumors, we are used to assuming that a number of characteristics are similar to those reported in dogs but the low incidence for a number of them does not allow to report definitive conclusions. The absence of large retrospective case series studies or the fact that cats are submitted to euthanasia before diagnosis more commonly than dogs maybe have contributed to this lack of definitive data. Similarly, diagnostic methods, biological behavior, clinical outcome and therapeutic strategies are confined to occasional reports. Lymphoma itself and its peculiarities in the cat needs to be much more investigated in the nervous system.
In this Research Topic we would like to encourage neurologists and researchers to address their studies to different aspects of nervous system tumors in the cat, from imaging, pathological diagnosis and classification, to biomarkers, clinical behavior, prognosis and therapeutic approaches. Retrospective recovery of data is encouraged as well as prospective plans based on defined methods of investigations. It would be very interesting to focus part of this topic on lymphoma of nervous system which, if primary, needs more specific characterization to assess advanced therapeutic strategies. To base specialist professionality on updated and novel knowledges is absolutely necessary to improve the live quality of animals and make the owners aware on expectations of recovery or survival.
Themes of investigations include, but are not limited to:
• Neuropathology comprehensive of morphology, immunohistochemistry, biomarkers, immune-
oncology
• Diagnosis: Clinics; Imaging
• Prognosis and biological behavior
• Advanced therapies
Original Research and Case Study articles will be considered.
In this Research Topic we would like to encourage neurologists and researchers to address their studies to different aspects of nervous system tumors in the cat, from imaging, pathological diagnosis and classification, to biomarkers, clinical behavior, prognosis and therapeutic approaches. Retrospective recovery of data is encouraged as well as prospective plans based on defined methods of investigations. It would be very interesting to focus part of this topic on lymphoma of nervous system which, if primary, needs more specific characterization to assess advanced therapeutic strategies. To base specialist professionality on updated and novel knowledges is absolutely necessary to improve the live quality of animals and make the owners aware on expectations of recovery or survival.
Themes of investigations include, but are not limited to:
• Neuropathology comprehensive of morphology, immunohistochemistry, biomarkers, immune-
oncology
• Diagnosis: Clinics; Imaging
• Prognosis and biological behavior
• Advanced therapies
Original Research and Case Study articles will be considered.
Keywords: cat, nervous system, tumours, comparative oncology, molecular biology, pathology, imaging, clinic, genetics, therapy
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