Breed-Predispositions to Cancer in Pedigree Dogs

Table 1

Proportional cancer-related mortality by breed. Based on data from [1], cancer accounted for 27% of deaths (4282 of 15,881).

Breed	All deaths	Cancer-related death			Median age at death
		N	%	95% CI
Irish water spaniel	95	53	55.8	45.8–65.8	9.33
Flat-coated retriever	610	331	50.3	50.3–58.2	9.83
Hungarian wirehaired vizsla	15	7	46.7	21.4–71.9	9.83
Bernese mountain dog	394	180	45.7	40.8–50.6	8.0
Rottweiler	137	62	45.3	36.9–53.6	8.92
Italian spinone	47	21	44.7	30.5–58.9	9.0
Leonberger	47	21	44.7	30.5–58.9	7.08
Staffordshire bull terrier	117	52	44.4	35.4–53.4	12.75
Welsh terrier	23	10	43.5	23.3–63.7	12.67
Giant schnauzer	39	16	41	25.6–56.6	10.0
Airedale terrier	81	32	39.5	28.9–50.2	10.75
Golden retriever	927	360	38.8	35.7–42.0	12.25
Boxer	130	50	38.5	30.1–46.8	10.25
Briard	71	27	38.0	26.7–49.3	11.17
French bulldog	71	27	38.0	26.7–49.3	9.0
Bullmastiff	96	36	37.5	27.8–47.2	7.46
Alaskan Malamute	14	5	35.7	10.6–60.8	10.71
Saluki/gazelle hound	132	47	35.6	27.4–43.8	12.0
Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever	9	3	33.3	2.5–64.1	8.0
Basset griffon vendeen	76	25	32.9	22.3–43.5	12.04
Beagle	241	79	32.8	26.9–38.7	12.67
English setter	384	126	32.8	28.1–37.5	11.58
Norwegian elkhound	71	23	32.4	21.5–43.3	13.17
Siberian Husky	129	41	31.8	23.7–39.8	12.58
Keeshond	104	33	31.7	22.8–40.7	12.21
Tibetan terrier	95	30	31.6	22.2–40.9	12.17
Basset hound	142	44	31.0	23.4–38.6	11.29
Labrador retriever	574	179	31.2	27.4–35.0	12.25
Afghan hound	143	44	30.8	23.2–38.3	11.92
Rhodesian ridgeback	183	56	30.6	23.9–37.3	11.0
Irish red and white setter	179	54	30.2	23.4–36.9	11.42
Standard poodle	118	35	29.7	21.4–37.9	12.0
German shorthaired pointer	159	47	29.6	22.5–36.7	12.0
Cocker spaniel/English cocker	289	85	29.4	24.2–34.7	11.17
Field spaniel	68	20	29.4	18.6–40.2	11.63
Welsh corgi Pembroke	116	33	28.4	20.2–36.7	12.21
Welsh corgi cardigan	53	15	28.3	16.2–40.4	12.17
Gordon setter	157	46	29.3	22.2–36.4	11.08
Irish setter	451	123	27.3	23.3–31.4	12.0
Newfoundland	269	73	27.1	21.8–32.5	9.67
Welsh springer spaniel	157	42	26.8	19.8–33.7	12.58
English springer spaniel	90	24	26.7	17.5–35.8	12.0
Lancashire heeler	30	8	26.7	10.8–42.5	11.75
Samoyed	223	59	26.5	20.7–32.2	12.5
Doberman	100	26	26	17.4–34.6	10.5
Soft coated wheaten terrier	111	29	26.1	18.0–34.3	12.5
Large Munsterlander	69	17	24.6	14.5–34.8	11.33
German wirehaired pointer	41	10	24.4	11.2–37.5	10.0
Weimaraner	242	58	24.0	18.6–29.3	11.13
Border collie	106	25	23.6	15.5–31.7	12.25
Tibetan spaniel	125	29	23.2	15.8–30.6	14.42
Belgian shepherd	113	26	23.0	15.2–30.8	12.5
Bull terrier	209	48	23.0	17.3–28.7	10.0
Dandy Dinmont terrier	62	14	22.6	12.2–33.0	12.17
Shetland sheepdog	365	81	22.3	18.0–26.5	12.5
Manchester terrier	32	7	21.9	7.6–36.2	12.83
Norwich terrier	56	12	21.4	10.7–32.2	13.38
Miniature schnauzer	214	46	21.5	16.0–27.0	12.08
Pointer	145	30	20.7	14.1–27.3	12.42
Finnish spitz	42	9	21.4	9.0–33.8	11.13
Bearded collie	278	54	19.4	14.8–24.1	13.5
Cairn terrier	124	24	19.4	12.4–26.3	14.0
Dalmatian	199	38	19.1	13.6–24.6	12.67
Border terrier	177	34	19.2	13.4–25.0	14.0
Sussex spaniel	42	8	19.0	7.2–30.9	11.13
Deerhound	287	54	18.8	14.3–23.3	8.6
Bulldog/British bulldog	180	33	18.3	12.7–24.0	6.29
Lhasa Apso	84	15	17.9	9.7–26.0	14.33
Dachshund (all)	245	41	16.7	12.1–21.4	10.75
German spitz/klein or mittel	43	7	16.3	5.2–27.3	11.33
Shih tzu	83	12	14.5	6.9–22.0	13.17
Other breeds (n = 93)	4524	806	17.8
Total	15,881	4282	27.0