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Tumor Type	Species	Modality	Median Survival Time
Nasal tumors (sarcoma or carcinoma)	Dogs	SRT	441–546 days (14–18 mo) (1, 2, 3)
Nasal tumors (lymphoma)	Cats	SRT	365 days (12 mo) (4)
Brain tumors (glioma)	Dogs	SRT	349 days (11.6 mo) (5)
Brain tumors (meningioma)	Dogs	SRT	561 days (18.7 mo) (6)
Soft tissue sarcoma (postoperative)	Dogs	Conventionally fractionated definitive intent radiation therapy^b	1,108 days (36 mo) (7, 8)
Primary lung tumors (carcinoma)	Dogs	SRT	343 days (11.4 mo (9)
Adrenal tumors	Dogs	SRT	1,030 days (34.3 mo) (10, 11)
Infiltrative lipoma (gross or microscopic disease)	Dogs	Conventionally fractionated definitive intent radiation therapy	1,760 days (58.7 mo) (12)
Pituitary tumors	Dogs	Conventionally fractionated definitive intent radiation therapy or SRT	311 days (10.4 mo SRT) (13) 1,405 days (46.8 mo conventional fractionation; reported as a mean survival because median was not reached) (14)
Pituitary tumors	Cats	SRT	741–1,072 days (24.7–35.7 mo); may result in remission of insulin resistance or insulin dose reduction for acromegalic cats (15, 16)
Anal sac adenocarcinoma (gross disease)	Dogs	Palliative intent radiation therapy^c	329 days (11 mo) (17)
Thyroid carcinoma (gross disease)	Dogs	Palliative intent radiation therapy or SRT	170 days (5.7 mo palliative) (18) 362 days (12 mo SRT) (19)
Feline injection site carcinoma	Cats	SRT	302 days (10 mo) (20)
^a SRT, stereotactic radiotherapy. ^b Conventionally fractionated definitive intent radiation therapy is typically 10–20 fractions delivered on consecutive weekdays. ^c Palliative intent radiation therapy is typically 4–6 fractions delivered over the course of a week to a month with a dose intensity that is much less than SRT.