Veterinary oncology is the field dedicated to diagnosing and treating cancer in animals. In Singapore, where longer-living, better-cared-for pets are pushing up the lifetime incidence of cancer, oncology has become one of the fastest-growing clinical interests in veterinary practice.
An oncology vet works alongside your regular vet to stage the disease, design a treatment plan, and manage the tools of modern cancer care — chemotherapy, targeted therapy, surgical removal, palliative support, and increasingly, immunotherapy. Most general-practice vets can identify a suspicious lump or a blood-work change. An oncology-focused vet is who you turn to next.
If your pet has been diagnosed with a tumour, a lymphoma, or any mass requiring biopsy, a consultation with an oncology vet is usually the right next step. Only a handful of vets in Singapore work full-time in this area, and the small pool means most referrals run through two or three hospitals.
