«Urologists tend to prefer to forgo adjuvant radiation therapy, because they fear the side effects, and
radiation oncologists tend to prefer offering adjuvant radiation therapy because they fear the risk of metastasis [cancer spreading to other sites in the body],» Showalter said.
Bernese Mountain dogs
tend to contract lymphoma, mast cell tumors and histiocytosis, a rare cancer, which
oncologists treat with chemotherapy and
radiation.