Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Canine Lymphoma

Presentation Description / Summary: This lecture will focus on the use of both autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation to treat dogs with B- and T-cell lymphoma. The transplant process is a number of small procedures performed serially, including administering a multi-agent chemotherapy protocol to induce remission, mobilization, apheresis, total body irradiation, transplant, and post-transplant care, in an effort to cure dogs of this essentially fatal disease. Topics covered will include understanding the different nuances between the 2 types of transplants, how to perform the procedure in a clinical setting, discussing our experience with toxicities associated with irradiation, and presenting outcome data we have generated using both procedures.