A Retrospective Study in 1,070 Feline Tumor Cases of Japan.

DOI Web Site 2 References

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 猫の腫瘍症例1,070例の回顧的分析

Search this article

Description

The purpose of this study was to document the incidence of feline tumors in the Japanese cat population. 1,078 feline tumors obtained from 1,070 cats. All of these were cytologically or histologically diagnosed at Azabu University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Japan from April 1985 to March 2008. The baseline hospital population during the same period included 6,748 cats. The 1,070 tumor-bearing cats were analyzed for age, sex, breed, type of tumors, site-specific tumor incidence and malignant tumor incidence rate. The average age was significantly higher in the tumor group (9.9± 3.8years) than in the baseline hospital population (5.6± 4.9years). As to gender difference, the incidence of tumors was significantly higher in female cats. The incidence rate of malignant tumors in cats was significantly higher with an odds ratio of 4.55 as compared to 6,302 tumor-bearing dogs at the same university teaching hospital. The odds ratio for malignancy was significantly higher in cats for specific tumors such as lymphomas (8.39), the head and neck(5.18), mammary gland(4.55), female genitalia(3.64), and skin/subcutis(1.64) tumors. On the other hand, as compared to dogs, the incidence of the following tumors was significantly lower in cats; mast cell tumor, urologic tumors, male genital tumors, bone and joint tumors and endocrine tumors. This study provided a substantial amount of information useful for client education as well as diagnosis and treatment of feline tumors.

Journal

References(2)*help

See more

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top