CANCER RISK EVALUATION METHOD AND CANCER RISK EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR DOGS

摘要

Provided is a method, for evaluating the risk of cancer in dogs, that is capable of precisely estimating the risk of cancer morbidity in a subject dog, does not present the disadvantages, such as early denaturation or high cost, that are present when blood amino acid concentration is used, and is also capable of estimating possible cancer locations. Data on the concentrations of an evaluation element group (the 17 elements Li, Na, Mg, P, S, K, Ca, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Mo, and Cs) in a serum sample 2 taken from a subject dog and age data for the subject dog are applied to a determination function for determining whether the subject dog belongs to a control group or an afflicted group, calculation is performed, and a cancer morbidity index for the subject dog is obtained on the basis of the correlation of the obtained concentration data. The location of cancer morbidity in the subject dog can be estimated according to which of the concentration data for the evaluation element group was significant in the determination. The index may include conjectures regarding the tendency of the cancer morbidity risk to increase or decrease over time.