Swiss Canine Cancer Registry: Tumor Cases from 2008 to 2020

Franco Guscetti and the University of Zurich compiled a registry of tumor cases in dogs from four veterinary pathology laboratories in Switzerland between 2008 and 2020. The dataset includes cases analyzed by histology and cytology, with diagnoses coded using the Vet-ICD-O-canine-1 system. It provides a longitudinal view of canine cancer diagnoses over a 13-year period.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in canine cancer diagnoses based on the 13-year collection period.
• Study the distribution of tumor types based on standardized Vet-ICD-O-canine-1 coding.
• Compare diagnostic findings between histology and cytology methods mentioned in the description.
• Investigate potential geographic patterns in canine cancer based on data from four Swiss laboratories.

Strengths

• Data spans a 13-year period from 2008 to 2020, enabling longitudinal analysis.
• Diagnoses are standardized using the Vet-ICD-O-canine-1 coding system.
• Cases are sourced from four veterinary pathology laboratories, suggesting a multi-institutional scope.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its collection from Swiss laboratories only.

Provenance

Source

University of Zurich

Collection Method

Analysis of biopsy, necropsy, and cytology samples from four veterinary pathology laboratories.

Time Range

2008-01-01 to 2020-12-31

Geography

Switzerland