This picture comes from an article in the Knoxville News Sentinel (clicky) that discussed a recent procedure at that the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. Tsavo is an 11 year old, 360 pound lion who has cancer. This is his second round of radiation therapy; the first round successfully shrunk his 10 cm tumor down to 6 cm. Vets are hoping it will continue to shrink, but are prepared to do surgery if it does not.
The article is reasonably in depth about cancer treatment for animals and carries lots of Tsavo pictures! Definitely read it if you have a chance. Also, had the cancer spread to other areas of his body, the vets wanted it to be known that they would have put him down rather than suffer. Since his chances of recovery are excellent, this course of treatment was decided.
Link to article: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jul/08/ut-uses-targeted-radiation-to-tackle-lions-tumor/
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