Jane Dobson MA BVetMed DVetMed DipECVIM-CA (IntMed, Oncol, RadOnc) FRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Oncology
EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Oncology and Radiation Oncology
Reader in Veterinary Oncology
Personal profile
Graduate of the Royal Veterinary College, worked as houseman / registrar at the Beaumont Hospital (RVC) before studying comparative oncology at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. In 1984, moved to Cambridge as research assistant working on hyperthermia in the treatment of cancer, leading to DVetMed in 1989. Received BSAVA Woodrow award in 1994, Diplomate of ECVIM-CA, Internal Medicine in 1997, received BSAVA Blaine award in 2001.
Founding Diplomate in the subspeciality of Oncology in ECVIM, 2004 and founding member of the European Radiation Oncology Education & Credentials Committee, 2013. RCVS recognized specialist in Veterinary Oncology.
Research
Comparative and veterinary oncology
As a veterinary clinician and research scientist much of my time is spent treating dogs and cats with a variety of cancers, engaging in clinically oriented research and teaching Veterinary Oncology at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
General clinical research is directed to advance knowledge in the diagnosis and clinical staging of cancer in dogs and to advance treatment of canine cancer by surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and more novel approaches.
Main research interests are in the epidemiology and presentation of different forms of cancer in dogs, including a particular interest in breed predispositions to cancer, especially flat-coated retrievers and histiocytic sarcoma.
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Publications
Main interests are in anti-cancer chemotherapy, radiotherapy and research into breed associated tumours in dogs.
Co-author of Small Animal Oncology, co-editor of 2nd & 3rd edition of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Oncology and author of over 70 peer reviewed publications.
Canine neoplasia in the UK: estimates of incidence rates from a population of insured dogs. Dobson JM, Samuel S, Milstein H, Rogers K, Wood JLN, JSAP 43: 240 - 246, 2002
Mortality in a Cohort of Flat-coated Retrievers in the UK. Dobson J.M., Hoather T., McKinley T.J. & Wood J. Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, 7 (2) : 115 – 121, 2009
The presentation and classification of histiocytic sarcomas in the flat-coated retriever. Constantino-Casas F., Mayhew D., Hoather T.M. Dobson J.M. Veterinary Pathology May 2011 48: 764-771, first published on October 7, 2010
The utility of staging in Canine Mast Cell Tumours Warland J., Amores-Fuster I, Newbury W., Brearley M., Dobson J. Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, 2012 Dec 12 (4): 287-98, 2014
Comparison of two coarse fractionated radiation protocols for the management of canine pituitary macrotumor: an observational study of 24 dogs Marcinowska A, Warland J, Brearley M, Dobson J. Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound. 56 (5):554 – 562, 2015
