[accmemberdiscussion] New study regarding spay/neuter and higher rate of cancer
- From: Djsdosido@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:26:52 EDT
Cross-posted with permission:
The study about this was done at Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine
and the distinguished Drs. Glickman are among the authors of the paper.
I looked at the survival curves which show that the incidence of
osteosarcoma in Rottweilers neutered before 1 year of age is 3.8 times
higher than the incidence of osteosarcoma in Rottweilers that have never
been neutered. Although this study pertains to Rottweilers only, my
breeder's veterinarian, Dr. S. Ettinger, the famous veterinary
cardiologist and editor of the textbook of internal medicine for
veterinarians, feels that it might be prudent that this study should be
extrapolated to pertain to giant breeds in general, as osteosarcoma is a
serious threat for all these breeds. For Rottweilers spayed or neutered
after 3.5 years of age, the incidence of osteosarcoma is still higher
than in Rottweilers never spayed or neutered. I have given quite some
thought to this study, as my breeder strongly advises against early
spay/neuter.
I have thought that my Newfoundland might do better in performance
events if he were neutered, but obviously he cannot perform well if he
is sick or if he's dead, so he remains intact and is now 3.5 years old.
You can take a look at the article for yourselves at:
__http://cebp.http://cebp.http://cebp.http://cebphttp://ce_
(http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/11/11/1434.full?eaf_)
(_http://cebp.http://cebp.http://cebp.http://cebphttp://c_
(http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/11/11/1434.full?eaf) ) If I got this
wrong, you can go to my breeder's website at www.newfoundlanddogwrong, y
scroll to the bottom of the home page and click on the link to this
osteosarcoma study. For me, the most interesting part is the survival
curves, which you can click on and enlarge.
Priscilla Hensel, M.D.
Tinyurl link to the study referenced above:
__http://tinyurl.http://tinyu_ (http://tinyurl.com/ykqm89l_)
(_http://tinyurl.http://tiny_ (http://tinyurl.com/ykqm89l) )
_http://tinyurl.http://tiny_ (http://tinyurl.com/ykqm89l)
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