ALB and neoplasm: In dogs, however, few studies have described TAMs, M2 markers, and macrophage polarization.5,14,21,22,45,50,59 Reports indicate that higher numbers of infiltrating TAMs correlate with poor overall STs in dogs with mammary tumors.50,51 In metastatic lesions of dogs with HSA, the number of monocytes present within the tumor tissue was higher than in other tumors.48