Specialist areas
Professor Nick Bacon
Clinical Director, Oncologic & Soft Tissue Surgery / MA VetMB CertVR CertSAS DiplECVS DACVS FRCVS
RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Oncology)
EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Oncology)
Nick qualified from Cambridge Vet School in 1997 and after two years in general practice returned to Cambridge as the Petsaver’s resident in soft tissue surgery and oncology. He then spent two years in soft tissue referral practice in the UK.
In 2005 he started a 12-month Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at the Animal Cancer Centre at Colorado State University and then joined the faculty at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, working in the oncology department as one of three surgical oncologists, becoming Head of Oncology in 2011.
Nick is an ACVS Founding Fellow in Surgical Oncology and was previously the president of the Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology. He is a Diplomate of the European (2003) and American (2009) College of Veterinary Surgeons and is the only surgeon in the UK to have completed a Fellowship in Surgical Oncology. In line with this, he is the only vet in the UK to be awarded specialist status in Small Animal Surgery (Oncology) by Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
In October 2014 he joined Fitzpatrick Referrals as a Senior Consultant and Clinical Director in the Oncology and Soft Tissue Service. Nick was Chair of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Fellowship Board from 2016 to 2019.
His surgical interests include head and neck surgery, musculoskeletal oncology, urogenital and endocrine tumours. He is regularly asked to lecture nationally and internationally on cancer surgery and has authored and co-authored multiple scientific manuscripts and book chapters.
Nick is delighted to be spearheading Fitzpatrick Referrals new oncology and soft tissue service launched in October 2014 and he is very happy to talk to your family veterinary surgeon about your pet’s cancer and possible treatment options should the need arise.
For a full list of Nick’s publications, go to his Google Scholar page.
Publications
Apoptotic effects of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, masitinib mesylate, on canine osteosarcoma cells
: Fahey CE, Milner RJ, Kow K, Bacon NJ, Salute ME
In vitro effects of Yunnan Baiyao on canine hemangiosarcoma cell lines
: KA, Kow K, Salute ME, Bacon NJ, Milner RJ
Which dogs with appendicular osteosarcoma benefit most from chemotherapy after surgery? Results from an individual patient data meta-analysis.
: Schmidt AF, Groenwold RH, Amsellem P, Bacon N, Klungel OH, Hoes AW, de Boer A, Kow K, Maritato K, Kirpensteijn J, Nielen M. Prev
Outcomes and prognostic factors associated with canine sinonasal tumors treated with curative intent cone-based stereotactic radiosurgery (1999-2013)
: Kubicek L, Milner R., An Q, Kow K, Chang M, Cooke K, Fox L, Farese J, Bacon N, Lurie D.
Association between computed tomographic characteristics and fractures following stereotactic radiosurgery in dogs with appendicular osteosarcoma
: Array
Radical excision with five-centimeter margins for treatment of feline injection-site sarcomas: 91 cases (1998–2002)
: Holly A Phelps, Charles A Kuntz, Rowan J Milner, Barbara E. Powers, Nicholas J. Bacon
Comparison of 5 surgical techniques for partial liver lobectomy in the dog for intraoperative blood loss and surgical time
: Marije Risselada, Gary W Ellison, Nicholas J. Bacon, Maximilian MR Polyak, Jim Van Gilder, Kristin Kirkby, Stanley E Kim
Recommended guidelines for the conduct and evaluation of prognostic studies in veterinary oncology
: JD Webster, MM Dennis, N Dervisis, J. Heller, NJ Bacon, PJ Bergman, D Bienzle, G Cassali, M Castagnaro, J Cullen, DG Esplin, L Peña, MH Goldschmidt, KA Hahn, CJ Henry, E Hellmén, D Kamstock, J Kirpensteijn, BE Kitchell, RL Amorim, SD Lenz, TP Lipscomb, M McEntee, LD McGill, CA McKnight, PM McManus, AS Moore, PF Moore, SD Moroff, H Nakayama, NC Northrup, G Sarli, T Scase, K Sorenmo, FY Schulman, AM Shoieb, RC Smedley, WL Spangler, E Teske, DH Thamm, VE Valli, W Vernau, H von Euler, SJ Withrow, SE Weisbrode, J Yager, M Kiupel
Combined clotrimazole irrigation and depot therapy for canine nasal aspergillosis
: T. R. Sissener, Nicholas J. Bacon, E. Friend, D. M. Anderson, R. A. S. White
Evaluation of primary re-excision after recent inadequate resection of soft tissue sarcomas in dogs: 41 cases (1999–2004)
: Nicholas J. Bacon, William S. Dernell, Nicole P. Ehrhart, Barbara E. Powers, Stephen J. Withrow
Prognostic factors for cutaneous and subcutaneous soft tissue sarcomas in dogs.
: M. M. Dennis, K. D. McSporran, Nicholas J. Bacon, F. Y. Schulman, R. A. Foster, B. E. Powers
Hemipelvectomy: Outcome in 84 dogs and 16 cats. A veterinary society of surgical oncology retrospective study
: Jonathan P. Bray, Deanna R. Worley, Ralph A. Henderson, Sarah E. Boston, Kyle G. Matthews, Giorgio Romanelli, Nicholas J. Bacon, Julius M. Liptak, Tim J. Scase
Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Fracture Fixation in 6 Dogs With Appendicular Osteosarcoma
: JL Covey, James P. Farese, Nicholas J. Bacon, Sandra P Schallberger, P Amsellem, RP Cavanaugh, R J Milner
Functional metastatic parathyroid adenocarcinoma in a dog
: Erin N. Kishi, Shannon P. Holmes, Jeffrey R. Abbott, Nicholas J. Bacon
In vitro effects of Yunnan Baiyao on canine hemangiosarcoma cell lines
: KA Wirth, K Kow, ME Salute, Nicholas J. Bacon, R J Milner
Use of alternating administration of carboplatin and doxorubicin in dogs with microscopic metastases after amputation for appendicular osteosarcoma: 50 cases (1999–2006)
: Nicholas J. Bacon, Nicole P. Ehrhart, William S. Dernell, Mary Lafferty, Stephen J. Withrow
