puppies. Such restrictive breeding may
lock in deleterious genes in some lines.
Cocker Spaniels, Boxers, and Golden
Retrievers are all examples of popular
breeds that have been subject to excess-
ive inbreeding. German Shepherds also
have enjoyed high popularity for
decades and have been subject to some
very directed breeding pressure. As a
result, those breeds all have a high
overall incidence of tumors. Boxers
have a higher risk of cancer than any
other breed. They have the highest
overall occurrence of tumors and the
highest occurrence of tumors at the
following sites: skin, testicle, lymph
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Overall,
the incidence
of tumors in
female dogs is
higher than
the tumor
rate in male
dogs.
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node, and bone. Because the average
canine life span is about 12 years
(when adjusted for all breeds), the
development of tumors carries a
higher risk for significant loss of life
span.
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Dark-colored breeds (Labs,
Scotties) develop tumors of the
pigment cells (melanoma) more frequently than do lighter-pigmented
breeds. Giant- and large-breed dogs are
much more likely to develop
osteosarcomas (bone tumors) than small
dogs. Squamous cell carcinoma of the
skin is 13 times more common in
white-faced cows, gray horses, gray cats,
and white dogs. Typically, that is due to
excessive exposure to ultraviolet light.
Avoiding the outdoors during the
sunniest parts of the day may have a
sparing effect on light-colored dogs, in
the same way spaying dogs early greatly
reduces mammary tumors.
The risk of malignant skin tumors is
much greater in dogs than in humans.
Incidence rates of connective tissue
malignancies also are much greater in
dogs than in humans. Typical connective tissue tumors that we see in dogs
are osteosarcomas, fibrosarcomas of
connective tissue, and hemangio-sarcomas of the blood vessels of the
spleen. The canine rate is approximately two times the rate seen in
human beings. Unfortunately, many of
those types of tumors have already
spread or metastasized by the time they
