title: Response evaluation criteria for solid tumours in dogs (v1.0): a Veterinary Cooperative Oncology Group (VCOG) consensus document.
abstract: In veterinary medical oncology, there is currently no standardized protocol for assessing response to therapy in solid tumours. The lack of such a formalized guideline makes it challenging to critically compare outcome measures across various treatment protocols. The Veterinary Cooperative Oncology Group (VCOG) membership consensus document presented here is based on the recommendations of a subcommittee of American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) board-certified veterinary oncologists. This consensus paper has used the human response evaluation criteria in solid tumours (RECIST v1.1) as a framework to establish standard procedures for response assessment in canine solid tumours that is meant to be easy to use, repeatable and applicable across a variety of clinical trial structures in veterinary oncology. It is hoped that this new canine RECIST (cRECIST v1.0) will be adopted within the veterinary oncology community and thereby facilitate the comparison of current and future treatment protocols used for companion animals with cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Thamm
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Vail
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: London
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D032921:Consensus; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D018634:Veterinarians; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000592:standards*
keywords: chemotherapy; clinical trials; comparative oncology; imaging; oncology; small animal