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The Swiss Canine Cancer Registry: A retrospective study on the occurrence of tumours in dogs in Switzerland from 1955 to 2008

The Swiss Canine Cancer Registry: A retrospective study on the occurrence of tumours in dogs in Switzerland from 1955 to 2008
The Swiss Canine Cancer Registry: A retrospective study on the occurrence of tumours in dogs in Switzerland from 1955 to 2008

Diagnostic records are a key feature of any cancer epidemiology, prevention or control strategy for man and animals. Therefore, the information stored in human and animal cancer registries is essential for undertaking comparative epidemiological, pathogenic and therapeutic research. This study presents the Swiss Canine Cancer Registry, containing case data compiled between 1955 and 2008. The data consist of pathology diagnostic records issued by three veterinary diagnostic laboratories in Switzerland. The tumours were classified according to the guidelines of the International Classification of Oncology for Humans on the basis of tumour type, malignancy and body location. The dogs were classified according to breed, age, sex, neuter status and place of residence. The diagnostic data were correlated with data on the Swiss general dog population and the incidence of cancer in dogs was thus investigated. A total of 67,943 tumours were diagnosed in 121,963 dogs and 47.07% of these were malignant. The most common tumour location was the skin (37.05%), followed by mammary glands (23.55%) and soft tissue (13.66%). The most common tumour diagnoses were epithelial (38.45%), mesenchymal (35.10%) and lymphoid tumours (13.23%). The results are compared with data in other canine registries and similarities in tumour distribution and incidence are noted. It is hoped that this study will mark the beginning of continuous registration of dog tumours in Switzerland, which, in turn, will serve as a reference for research in the fields of animal and human oncology.

Cancer registry, Dog, Epidemiology
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Grüntzig, K., Graf, R., Hässig, M., Welle, M., Meier, D., Lott, G., Erni, D., Schenker, N. S., Guscetti, F., Boo, G., Axhausen, K., Fabrikant, S., Folkers, G. and Pospischil, A. (2015) The Swiss Canine Cancer Registry: A retrospective study on the occurrence of tumours in dogs in Switzerland from 1955 to 2008. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 152 (2-3), 161-171. (doi:10.1016/j.jcpa.2015.02.005).

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Abstract

Diagnostic records are a key feature of any cancer epidemiology, prevention or control strategy for man and animals. Therefore, the information stored in human and animal cancer registries is essential for undertaking comparative epidemiological, pathogenic and therapeutic research. This study presents the Swiss Canine Cancer Registry, containing case data compiled between 1955 and 2008. The data consist of pathology diagnostic records issued by three veterinary diagnostic laboratories in Switzerland. The tumours were classified according to the guidelines of the International Classification of Oncology for Humans on the basis of tumour type, malignancy and body location. The dogs were classified according to breed, age, sex, neuter status and place of residence. The diagnostic data were correlated with data on the Swiss general dog population and the incidence of cancer in dogs was thus investigated. A total of 67,943 tumours were diagnosed in 121,963 dogs and 47.07% of these were malignant. The most common tumour location was the skin (37.05%), followed by mammary glands (23.55%) and soft tissue (13.66%). The most common tumour diagnoses were epithelial (38.45%), mesenchymal (35.10%) and lymphoid tumours (13.23%). The results are compared with data in other canine registries and similarities in tumour distribution and incidence are noted. It is hoped that this study will mark the beginning of continuous registration of dog tumours in Switzerland, which, in turn, will serve as a reference for research in the fields of animal and human oncology.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 29 March 2015
Published date: 2015
Keywords: Cancer registry, Dog, Epidemiology

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Local EPrints ID: 430218
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/430218
ISSN: 0021-9975
PURE UUID: b33a92ea-fb0f-451f-a571-67c0c8c2d541
ORCID for G. Boo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4078-8221

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Author: K. Grüntzig
Author: R. Graf
Author: M. Hässig
Author: M. Welle
Author: D. Meier
Author: G. Lott
Author: D. Erni
Author: N. S. Schenker
Author: F. Guscetti
Author: G. Boo ORCID iD
Author: K. Axhausen
Author: S. Fabrikant
Author: G. Folkers
Author: A. Pospischil

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