Clinical, cytological and treatment details of dogs in the study.

Abbreviations: Me, entire male; Mn, neutered male; Fe, entire female; Fn, neutered female; WHO, World Health Organization; N/A, not applicable; DLBCL, diffuse large B cell lymphoma; PTCL, peripheral T cell lymphoma; CHOP, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone protocol; COP, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisolone protocol; Pred, prednisolone alone; NSAIDS, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Notes: 1: Age when presenting signs were first observed. 2: Body condition score was assessed by different clinicians on either a 5 or 9 point scale: ‘under-conditioned’ was defined by a score of 1–2/5 or 1–3/9; ‘optimal’ was defined by a score of 2.5–3/5 or 4–5/9; while ‘over-conditioned’ was defined by a score of 3.5–5/5 or 6–9/9. 3: Serum or plasma calcium concentration was not measured in one of the T cell lymphoma cases prior to initiation of therapy. 4: The initial treatment protocol is listed. ‘Other’ treatments included cytarabine, L-asparaginase and lomustine (B cell lymphoma) and L-asparaginase, lomustine, prednisolone, masitinib and chlorambucil (T cell lymphoma).