SRS/SRT can be used to treat a wide range of cancers in pets, including some previously considered “untreatable” due to their sensitive location within the body. You can sort the list below by cancer type or tumor location to see if SRS/SRT could be appropriate for your pet’s condition.
Carcinoma/Epithelial
- Nasal/paranasal sinus
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Basal cell
- Tonsillar
- Thyroid
- Salivary gland
- Ceruminous gland
- Bronchogenic/non-small cell lung
- Hepatocellular
- Biliary
- Pancreatic
- Adrenal
- Renal
- Transitional cell of bladder/prostate/urethra
- Prostatic
- Anal gland
- Perianal
- Chemodectoma
- Neuroendocrine carcinoma
- Thymoma (epithelioid)
Sarcoma/Mesenchymal
- Fibrosarcoma
- Chondrosarcoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Hemangiopericytoma
- Histiocytic sarcoma
- Peripheral nerve sheath tumor/Schwannoma
- Meningioma
- Astrocytoma
- Glioma
- Oligodendroglioma
- Meningioma
- Choroid Plexus papilloma
- Ependymoma
- Multilobular osteochondroma
Round Cell
- Lymphoma
- Thymoma (lymphoid)
- Plasmacytoma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Melanoma
- Mast Cell Tumor
Head and neck
- Oral melanomas
- Squamous cell carcinomas
- Fibrosarcomas
- Plasmacytomas
- Acanthomatous amelioblastomas
- Adenocarcinomas
- Nasal tumors
Brain tumors
- Meningiomas
- Pituitary tumors
Thyroid tumors
Extremity tumors
- Osteosarcomas
- Soft-tissue sarcomas
- Fibrosarcomas
- Infiltrative lipomas
- Mast cell tumors
Spinal tumors
Pelvic canal tumors
- Anal gland adenocarcinomas
- Prostatic tumors
Liver tumors
Pancreatic tumors
Lung tumors
Kidney tumors
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Stereotactic radiation (SRS/SRT), an advanced form of radiation therapy, offers the chance for a cure—something rarely heard of in pet cancer care. Determined to take the most progressive treatment options in human medicine and make them available in veterinary medicine, PetCure Oncology joined forces with some of the best and brightest minds in cancer care and opened its first center in May of 2015. (Explore the history of SRS/SRT treatment.)
Now, for the first time, PetCure Oncology is providing precision cancer care that zeroes in and attacks tumors; including many tumors we couldn’t touch before. Because it offers unprecedented precision, we’re able to destroy the tumor with minimal damage to the healthy cells around it. In this procedure, the pet patient experiences no discomfort and the risks associated with treatment are minor.
Learn what SRS/SRT is and how it works.
Our exceptional care team walks you through an SRS/SRT treatment session.
- SRS/SRT is delivered with the intent to cure the cancer, rather than merely ease its symptoms
Treatment is noninvasive and nonsurgical, requiring no incisions or sutures. - SRS/SRT is an ideal alternative when surgery is difficult or not possible
In fact, since SRS/SRT both shrinks and encapsulates the tumor, it can actually increase the odds of achieving “clean” margins—meaning complete removal of the tumor—if surgery is attempted later on. - Fewer side effects relative to traditional radiation therapy
SRS/SRT is delivered with sub-millimeter precision, maximizing damage to tumorous tissue while minimizing collateral damage to nearby healthy tissue.
- SRS/SRT can be performed in just 1 or 3 sessions
Compared to traditional radiation therapy, SRS/SRT provides an 80–95% reduction in both treatment sessions and anesthetic events. This helps optimize the patient’s safety, comfort and convenience. - More types of cancer can be treated with SRS/SRT
This includes some forms previously considered “untreatable” based on their sensitive locations within the body. - Recovery is fast
Treatments can be performed on consecutive days and pets can usually return to normal activities right after treatment.
Diagnosed with advanced oral cancer, Snickers’s dad needed to find a way to fight. SRS came to the rescue and now the lovable lil’ guy couldn’t be more full of life (or any cuter!).
Meet Mark “the lovable golden” and some of the special pets treated with SRS.
If your pet has cancer, contact the PetCure Oncology location near you and we will help you determine the best course of treatment.