
Radiation Oncology
At Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital
With best-in-class medicine, technology, and an expert team, we’re fully prepared to provide the complete, compassionate care your pet needs.
With best-in-class medicine, technology, and an expert team, we’re fully prepared to provide the complete, compassionate care your pet needs.
Our team of board-certified oncologists are highly skilled in managing cancer cases and providing comprehensive care.
We want you and your pet to have the best experience possible. If you need us to reach out to your primary care veterinarian for your records, we’re happy to do so.
The term radiation therapy refers to the use of directed energy (i.e. radiation) to kill cancer cells. The radiation most frequently used to treat tumors in dogs and cats is photon radiation. The properties of photon radiation used for cancer treatment are very similar to the properties of radiation used to create a diagnostic image (for example, an x-ray to evaluate a broken bone). However, therapeutic radiation is much higher energy, which means different tissue penetration and damage.
When your pet needs care, our highly trained specialists are here to help.
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