In some rabbit populations the rate of
malignant uterine cancer (specifically called uterine adenocarcinoma) can approach 80 % of all the females.
Not exact matches
The most common type of mammary
cancer is a
malignant form called mammary carcinoma and it is almost always associated with
uterine cancer.
Un-spayed female dogs and cats often develop
malignant breast
cancer, un-spayed female ferrets can die of fatal anemia, while un-spayed female rabbits often develop
uterine cancer.
Spaying females prior to their first heat cycle nearly eliminates the risk of breast
cancer by preventing
uterine tumors (which are
malignant, or cancerous, in about 50 % of dogs and 90 % of cats), and spaying prevents
uterine infections and
uterine cancer.
It will also 100 % prevent
uterine cancer, which while a little more rare, is still an aggressive
malignant cancer.