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Originally Posted by pstinard

I think that these results could very well be breed-specific, and also related to the types of cancer under discussion. Here is a quote from the article "Pros, Cons, and Techniques of Pediatric Neutering," by Margaret V. Root Kustritz (Vet Clin Small Anim 44 (2014) 221–233), also a 2014 article:

"Mammary neoplasia

For female dogs and cats, the greatest benefits are decreased risk of development of mammary neoplasia when aged and lack of development of pyometra. Incidence of mammary neoplasia in cats is 2.5% and is virtually always malignant adenocarci- noma.22–24 Mammary neoplasia is 7 times more likely to occur in aged queens than in spayed female cats, with the greatest decrease in incidence associated with spaying before the first estrus.24 Incidence of mammary neoplasia in dogs is 3.4%, with about 50% being benign fibroadenomas and 50% malignant adenocarcinomas.22,25–32 Incidence is greatly decreased by spaying, especially by spaying before the first heat.1,33,34 A recent attempt to determine the significance of these data by systematic review of the veterinary literature was unable to identify strong evidence suggesting that spaying decreases the risk of mammary cancer; however, this systematic review is based on work in human medicine and requires a massive body of literature, which does not exist in veterinary medicine.35"

MERCOLA= FDA

He's got his own agenda along with Dr. Becker. The entire Mercola website is a is noting but a profit making mega machine.