A new study found out which dog breeds have the greatest risk of dying from cancer.
The results shocked experts.
Royal Society Open Science looked into what dog breeds have the greatest risk of developing cancer.
Researchers say cancer is the leading cause of death in pet dogs.
"Cancer is a leading cause of death in domestic dogs.
Deaths due to cancer vary widely among breeds, providing an opportunity for testing the multi-stage model of carcinogenesis," the Royal Society Open Science states.
"Using three independent datasets, the weight and lifespan of breeds provided a good fit of lifetime cancer mortality to the multi-stage model, the fit suggesting many canine cancers are initiated by four driver mutations."
Researchers were surprised to learn the largest dog breeds don't have highest cancer risk.
The reason is sad but simple.
Bigger dogs tend to die younger than smaller dogs.
"That's simply because they're dying younger," Leonard Nunney, the paper's lead author, told ABC News.
Below are the dog breeds with the greatest risk of cancer.
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Flat-coated retrievers are the only breed that "showed significantly elevated cancer mortality," according to the report.
The most common cancer for flat-coated retrievers is sarcoma, a rare cancer of the bones and soft tissues, Nunney told ABC.
The study also shows that increased breed inbreeding shortened the expected lifespan of these dogs, but had no overall effect on cancer mortality.
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