Focus on Tumours in Pet Animals

Dear Colleagues,

As with ourselves, family members or friends, our pets may also develop a tumour during their lifetime. This could be either a benign or malignant tumour, a common or rarely reported tumour type, a tumour type for which prognosis is known or which no prognostic biomarkers are available, and/or a tumour for which therapy is available (either curative or allows for a significant period of disease-free survival) or one in which there are currently no options available (depending on tumour type, stage, and location). The news that our beloved pet has a tumour inevitably makes us want to know everything that there is to know about this tumour type, and sadly, we soon realise that much research remains to be done to be able to provide a better outlook for pets with tumours.

To this end, this Special Issue seeks to showcase investigations into understanding all aspects of neoplasia in pets, from tumourigenesis to progression to development of therapeutic resistance, as well as gaining an understanding of aetiology and thus potential methods of prevention. Some suggested topics include investigations into the underlying genetics or signalling pathways that play a role in driving tumourigenesis and/or tumour progression, identification of diagnostic, prognostic or therapeutic biomarkers, evaluation of current and/or novel treatment regimes, or case reports of novel tumour types/clinical presentations. 

We hope that you will contribute an article to this Special Issue and showcase the dedication and effort that is being put into increasing our understanding of neoplasia in pets.

Dr. Louise van der Weyden
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Veterinary Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• dog
• cat
• horse
• rabbit
• pet
• neoplasia
• tumour
• cancer
• oncology
• genetics
• pathology
• diagnosis
• prognosis
• treatment
• resistance
• biomarker
• presentation