Table 1.
Tumor categories with absolute numbers, incidence rates per 100’000 dog-years at risk with 95% confidence intervals for all tumors, benign and malignant tumors, and relative distribution of diagnostic method for the 54’986 neoplasms registered in the Swiss Canine Cancer Registry, 2008–2020.
Fig 1.
Number of dogs registered in the Swiss animal registration database Amicus, number of samples submitted, and number of tumors diagnosed in relation to age from 2008 to 2020.
N: number.
Table 2.
The ten most common tumor groups and the respective distribution of sex; the top five breeds with the highest incidence rates, and age range at increased risk.
Table 3.
The 20 most popular Swiss dog breeds registered in Amicus and the corresponding tumor data from the Swiss Canine Cancer Registry, from 2008 to 2020.
Fig 2.
Incidence rates of the ten most common tumor groups and overall tumor incidence rates for benign and malignant neoplasms in relation to age.
Table 4.
The 20 Swiss dog breeds (precise breed) with the highest overall tumor incidence rates between 2008 and 2020 and their respective Swiss Canine Cancer Registry data.
Fig 3.
Incidence rates of the ten most common tumor groups in the 20 most popular Swiss dog breeds.
(1) includes: Standard Poodle, Medium Poodle, Miniature Poodle, Toy Poodle, Poodle NOS; (2) includes: Groenendael, Laekenois, Malinois, Tervueren, Belgian Shepherd NOS; (3) includes: Rabbit Dachshund, Miniature Dachshund, Dachshund long-haired, Dachshund short-haired, Dachshund wire-haired, Dachshund NOS; (4) includes: American Cocker Spaniel, English Cocker Spaniel, Cocker Spaniel NOS; (5) includes: German Spitz, Giant Spitz, Medium Spitz, Miniature Spitz, Pomeranian, Wolfspitz, Japan Spitz, Spitz NOS; (6) includes: Siberian Husky, Alaskan Husky, Husky NOS; NOS: not otherwise specified.
Fig 4.
Relative frequency (%) of the ten most common tumor groups and the group of “other tumors” per topographical location.
*Topographical locations where “other tumors” make up more than 60% of all tumors.
Table 5.
Largest tumor categories from nine topographical sites where the group of”other tumors” accounted for more than 60% of all tumors and the top five breeds with the highest overall incidence rates, incidence rates for benign and malignant tumors, and age range at increased risk.
Table 6.
Results from the negative binomial regression model showing the incidence rate ratios of 21’803 malignant tumors in the Swiss Canine Cancer Registry (2008–2020) for age group, sex, and breed group and section.