Breed-Predispositions to Cancer in Pedigree Dogs

Table 2

Adapted from [23] Table 5, percentage of deaths due to cancer suffered by dogs of different breeds compared with the percentage of the breed in the survey population.

Breed	% chance of dying of cancer	% in survey population	Ratio	Tumour types for which breed has been reported to be at risk
Overrepresented
Irish wolfhound	0.89	0.31	2.9	Osteosarcoma
Rottweiler	7.35	3.53	2.1	Osteosarcoma, histiocytic sarcoma, lymphoma
Afghan hound	0.67	0.38	1.8	Osteosarcoma
Standard poodle	1.34	0.8	1.7	SCC digit
Weimaraner	1.34	0.8	1.7	Mast cell tumour
Irish red and white setter	0.90	0.7	1.3
Staffordshire bull terrier	1.78	1.4	1.3	Mast cell tumour
Boxer	4.45	3.35	1.3	Mast cell tumour, glioma
Cairn terrier	1.34	1.12	1.2
Old English sheepdog	2.00	1.61	1.2
Golden retriever	8.91	7.16	1.2	Mast cell tumour, lymphoma, oral melanoma, fibrosarcoma, histiocytic tumours
Flat-coated retriever	0.67	0.56	1.2	Histiocytic sarcoma
Average
Dobermann	2.67	2.48	1.1
English springer spaniel	3.79	3.63	1.0
Labrador retriever	11.58	11.45	1.0	Mast cell tumour
Great Dane	1.34	1.54	0.9	Osteosarcoma
Underrepresented
Border collie	1.56	2.02	0.8
Cocker spaniel	3.12	3.73	0.8	Anal gland adenocarcinoma
Crossbred	13.36	16.58	0.8
German shepherd	8.46	10.02	0.8	Haemangiosarcoma
West Highland white terrier	2.00	2.79	0.7
Shetland sheepdog	0.89	1.40	0.6
Yorkshire terrier	1.34	2.2	0.6
Jack Russell	1.34	2.62	0.5
Rough Collie	0.67	1.78	0.4	Gastric carcinoma
Bulldog	0.22	0.59	0.4	Mast cell tumour, glioma
Welsh springer spaniel	0.22	0.52	0.4
Airedale	0.22	0.63	0.3
Irish setter	0.22	0.7	0.3
Dachshund	0.22	1.43	0.2
Cavalier King Charles spaniel	0.45	2.06	0.2
Beagle	0	0.56	0	Mammary tumours