Estudo epidemiológico de neoplasias em gatos atendidos no setor de oncologia veterinária do hospital veterinário da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia no período de 2015 à 2020

Abstract

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death or euthanasia in companion animals where studies suggest that almost 50% of animals that live to 10 years or more die from this disease. Many factors can contribute to the onset and worsening of the disease and the establishment of databases for epidemiological studies of cancer can help in the prevention and treatment of the disease, being used for the understanding of risk factors and frequency of tumors. The present study carried out a survey of the frequency of 87 domestic cats diagnosed with cancer obtained through cytological or histological examinations in the period from 2015 to 2020 at the HV-UFU, and aims to generate data for future epidemiological studies in the veterinary field. The most frequent locations were the breasts (49.4%) and the skin (27.6%). The most common diagnosis was epithelial tumors (71.3%) and the most frequent neoplasm was squamous cell carcinoma (12.6%).