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Background  In humans and rodents obesity appears to promote some cancers by increasing incidence, tumor aggressiveness, recurrence, and fatality. However, the relationship between obesity and cancer in dogs has not been thoroughly evaluated.    Hypothesis/Objectives  Whether body condition score ( BCS ) at the time of lymphoma ( LSA ) or osteosarcoma ( OSA ) diagnosis in dogs is predictive of survival time ( ST ) or progression‐free interval ( PFI ). We hypothesized that an overweight body state at the time of cancer diagnosis would be associated with negative outcomes.    Animals  Dogs with  LSA  (n = 270) and  OSA  (n = 54) diagnosed and treated between 2000 and 2010.    Methods  Retrospective case review. Signalment, body weight,  BCS , cancer diagnosis and treatment, relevant clinicopathologic values, and survival data were collected. Dogs were grouped by  BCS  (underweight, ideal, and overweight) and  ST  and  PFI  were compared.    Results  Overall, 5.5% of dogs were underweight, 54.0% were ideal weight, and 40.4% were overweight at diagnosis. Underweight dogs with  LSA  had shorter  ST  ( P =  .017) than ideal or overweight dogs.  BCS  was not associated with  ST  for  OSA  ( P  = .474). Progression‐free interval did not differ among  BCS  categories for either cancer.    Conclusions and Clinical Importance  Obesity was not associated with adverse outcomes among dogs with  LSA  or  OSA  in this retrospective study; however, being underweight at the time of diagnosis of  LSA  was associated with shorter survival. More research is needed to elucidate the relationship between excessive body weight and cancer development and progression in dogs.

Association between Body Condition Score and Cancer Prognosis in Dogs with Lymphoma and Osteosarcoma