Canine Cancers
& Breeds at Risk
Research, Resources & Education
Table of Contents
Canine Cancers
& Breed Selection Table
Pet research & education on 12 canine cancers and a chart of some dog breeds that are at risk due to genetic predisposition to these tumors.
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This website is based on research and is NOT created to diagnose your pet.Â
Each animal is an individual and may exhibit symptoms in a different way.
It is advised that you ALWAYS CHECK WITH YOUR VETERINARIANÂ for a proper diagnosis and treatment plan.
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What is Cancer and Treatments.
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Canine Cancers
An anal sac tumor is a tumor made up of cells originating from the glands of the anal sac.
Urinary bladder / Transitional Cell Carcinoma (TCC) is an important neoplasm in dogs, Lymph node metastasis is reported in 16% of dogs with TCC at the time of diagnosis.
Brain and spinal cord tumors can be benign or malignant. The two most common types of primary brain tumors in dogs are: Meningioma and Glioma
Hemangiosarcoma is a cancer that invades blood vessels. When a tumor ruptures, it bleeds into a body cavity like the chest or abdomen.
Lymphoma in dogs is caused by an overgrowth of lymphocytes., which is a type of white blood cell that helps the immune system fight infection.
Dogs have five pairs of mammary glands, which can become cancerous, especially in un-spayed females. These tumors can be benign or malignant.
Mast cells are a type of white blood cell that plays a role in the allergic response, which can become cancerous masses in dogs. Tumors are commonly found on the skin or layer under the skin.
Melanoma or skin cancer in dogs is a type of tumor that develops when the pigmented cells form masses, lesions, or nodules.
Dog nasal tumors can be in the nasal cavity, including the sinus or nasopharynx. These can be malignant or benign (polyps).
Oral tumors are abnormal growth of cells that occur within the mouth that include skin cells, bone cells and fibrous cells. The most common types of oral cancer in dogs are Melanoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Oral Fibrosarcoma.
Osteosarcoma is a cancerous bone tumor that arises from abnormal bone cell production and can occur in various bones and non-bony tissues.
Soft tissue sarcoma, is a broad term for tumors in soft and connective tissues. Your dog’s body has many different soft and connective tissues. Some examples include Muscle, Blood and Lymph Vessels, Nerves, Tendons, Fat and Fascia.
Cancer/Breed Chart
SEARCH on the right top corner for a particular breed or cancer (such as oral)
| BREED | BRAIN | HEMANGIO- SARCOMA | LYMPHOMA | MAMMARY TUMORS | MAST CELL TUMOR | MELANOMA | NASAL TUMOR | ORAL | OSTEOSARCOMA | PERIANAL/ ANAL SAC | SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA | TRANSITIONAL (TCC) / UROTHELIAL (UC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airedale Terrier | Lymphoma | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | TCC or UC | |||||||
| Basset Hound | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Nasal Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||
| Bulldog, English | Brain | Lymphoma | Mast Cell Tumor | Perianal/Anal Sac | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||
| Bullmastiff | Lymphoma | Mast Cell Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| St. Bernard | Lymphoma | Osteosarcoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| Golden Retriever | Brain | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Oral | Osteosarcoma | Perianal/Anal Sac | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||
| Labrador Retriever | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Oral | ||||||
| Scottish Terrier | Brain | Lymphoma | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Oral | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | TCC or UC | |||||
| Boxer | Brain (Glioma) | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Mammary Tumor | Mast Cell Tumor | Oral | Osteosarcoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||
| Beagle | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Mast Cell Tumor | Perianal/Anal Sac | TCC or UC | |||||||
| West Highland White Terrier | Lymphoma | |||||||||||
| Chow Chow | Lymphoma | Melanoma | Oral | |||||||||
| Poodle, Standard | Lymphoma | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Oral | ||||||||
| Rottweiler | Lymphoma | Oral | Osteosarcoma | |||||||||
| Poodle, Toy | Lymphoma | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | ||||||||
| Yorkshire Terrier | Lymphoma | Mammary Tumor | ||||||||||
| German Shepherd | Hemangiosarcoma | Lymphoma | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Oral | Osteosarcoma | Perianal/Anal Sac | ||||
| Poodle, Miniature | Lymphoma | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | Nasal Tumor | Oral | |||||||
| Affenpinscher | ||||||||||||
| Afghan Hound | ||||||||||||
| Alaskan Malamute | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||||||
| American Eskimo, Toy and Standard | ||||||||||||
| American Foxhound | ||||||||||||
| American Pitt Bull Terrier | Hemangiosarcoma | |||||||||||
| American Staffordshire Terrier | ||||||||||||
| American Water Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Anatolian Shepherd Dog | ||||||||||||
| Australian Cattle Dog | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| Australian Shepherd | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| Australian Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Basenji | ||||||||||||
| Bearded Collie | ||||||||||||
| Beauceron | ||||||||||||
| Bedlington Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Belgian Groenendael | ||||||||||||
| Belgian Malinois | ||||||||||||
| Belgian Tervuren | ||||||||||||
| Bernese Mountain Dog | Hemangiosarcoma | Melanoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| Bichon Frise’ | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| Black and Tan Coonhound | ||||||||||||
| Black Russian Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Bloodhound | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||||
| Boerboel | ||||||||||||
| Border Collie | Brain | TCC or UC | ||||||||||
| Border Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Borzoi | Osteosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Boston Terrier | Brain | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||
| Bouvier des Flandres | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||||
| Briard | ||||||||||||
| Brussels Griffon | ||||||||||||
| Bull Terrier | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | ||||||||||
| Bull Terrier, Miniature | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | ||||||||||
| Cairn Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Canaan Dog | ||||||||||||
| Cane Corso (Italian Mastiff) | ||||||||||||
| Caucasian Shepherd | ||||||||||||
| Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||||||
| Chesapeake Bay Retriever | Melanoma | |||||||||||
| Chinese Crested | ||||||||||||
| Chinese Shar-Pei | Mast Cell Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | TCC or UC | |||||||||
| Clumber Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Curly Coated Retriever | ||||||||||||
| Dalmation | Hemangiosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Dandie Dinmont Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Dogo Argentino | ||||||||||||
| Dogue de Bordeaux | ||||||||||||
| English Foxhound | ||||||||||||
| English Toy Spaniel AKA King Charles Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Field Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Finnish Spitz | ||||||||||||
| Flat-Coated Retriever | Hemangiosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Fox Terrier, Smooth | Mast Cell Tumor | |||||||||||
| Fox Terrier, Toy | Mast Cell Tumor | |||||||||||
| Fox Terrier, Wire | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| French Bulldog | ||||||||||||
| German Pinscher | ||||||||||||
| German Wirehaired Pointer | ||||||||||||
| Glen of Imaal Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Great Dane | Brain | Osteosarcoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| Great Pyrenees | ||||||||||||
| Greater Swiss Mountain Dog | ||||||||||||
| Greyhound | Brain (Meningioma) | Hemangiosarcoma | Osteosarcoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||
| Harrier | ||||||||||||
| Havanese | ||||||||||||
| Ibizan Hound | ||||||||||||
| Irish Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Irish Water Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Irish Wolfhound | Osteosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Italian Greyhound | Brain | Hemangiosarcoma | ||||||||||
| Japanese Chin | ||||||||||||
| Keeshond | Nasal Tumor | |||||||||||
| Kerry Blue Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Komondor | ||||||||||||
| Kuvasz | ||||||||||||
| Lakeland Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Leonberger | Osteosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Lhasa Apso | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| Lowchen | ||||||||||||
| Manchester Terrier Toy | ||||||||||||
| Manchester Terrier, Standard | ||||||||||||
| Mastiff | Brain | |||||||||||
| Miniature Pincher | ||||||||||||
| Neapolitan Mastiff | ||||||||||||
| Newfoundland | ||||||||||||
| Norfolk Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Norwegian Buhund | ||||||||||||
| Norwegian Elkhound | Brain | Nasal Tumor | ||||||||||
| Norwich Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever | ||||||||||||
| Old English Sheepdog | Brain | |||||||||||
| Otterhound | ||||||||||||
| Papillon | ||||||||||||
| Parsons Russell Terrier | TCC or UC | |||||||||||
| Pekingese | Brain | |||||||||||
| Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen (PBGV) | ||||||||||||
| Pharaoh Hound | ||||||||||||
| Plott Hound | ||||||||||||
| Polish Lowland Sheepdog | ||||||||||||
| Pomeranian | ||||||||||||
| Portuguese Water Dog | Brain | Hemangiosarcoma | ||||||||||
| Presa Canario | ||||||||||||
| Pug | Brain | Mast Cell Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| Puli | ||||||||||||
| Pyrenean Shepherd | ||||||||||||
| Rhodesian Ridgeback | Mast Cell Tumor | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||||
| Saluki | ||||||||||||
| Samoyed | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||||||
| Schipperke | ||||||||||||
| Schnauzer, Miniature | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Perianal/Anal Sac | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||
| Schnauzer, Standard | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | |||||||||
| Sealyham Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Shiba Inu | ||||||||||||
| Shih Tzu | Brain | |||||||||||
| Siberian Husky | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||||||
| Silky Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Skye Terrier | Hemangiosarcoma | |||||||||||
| Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Spinone Italiano | ||||||||||||
| Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Mast Cell Tumor | |||||||||||
| Sussex Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Swedish Vallhund | ||||||||||||
| Tibetan Mastiff | ||||||||||||
| Tibetan Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Tibetan Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Tosa | ||||||||||||
| Vizsla | Melanoma | |||||||||||
| Weimaraner | Mast Cell Tumor | |||||||||||
| Welsh Corgi, Cardigan | ||||||||||||
| Welsh Corgi, Pembroke | ||||||||||||
| Welsh Springer Spaniel | ||||||||||||
| Welsh Terrier | ||||||||||||
| Whippet | Hemangiosarcoma | TCC or UC | ||||||||||
| Wirehaired Pointing Griffon | ||||||||||||
| Akita (American) | Oral | |||||||||||
| Collie, Rough / Smooth Coat | Brain (Meningioma) | Nasal Tumor | Oral | TCC or UC | ||||||||
| Gordon Setter | Melanoma | Oral | ||||||||||
| Irish Setter | Melanoma | Oral | Osteosarcoma | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ||||||||
| Schnauzer, Giant | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Oral | |||||||||
| Scottish Deerhound | Brain | Melanoma | Oral | Osteosarcoma | TCC or UC | |||||||
| Shetland Sheepdog | Nasal Tumor | Oral | TCC or UC | |||||||||
| Brittany | Mammary Tumor | |||||||||||
| Chihuahua | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | ||||||||||
| English Cocker Spaniel | Mammary Tumor | |||||||||||
| English Setter | Mammary Tumor | |||||||||||
| English Springer Spaniel | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||||
| Maltese | Mammary Tumor | |||||||||||
| Pointer | Hemangiosarcoma | Mammary Tumor | ||||||||||
| Cocker Spaniel (American) | Mammary Tumor | Mast Cell Tumor | Melanoma | Oral | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||
| Dachshund | Brain | Mammary Tumor | Mast Cell Tumor | Oral | Perianal/Anal Sac | |||||||
| Doberman Pinscher | Brain | Mammary Tumor | Melanoma | Oral | Osteosarcoma | |||||||
| German Shorthaired Pointer | Mammary Tumor | Nasal Tumor | Oral |