A female wire-haired pointer, the tenth most popular dog breed, has only a 1 percent chance of getting cancer. But if she is spayed before she is a year old, her risk for cancer of the lymph nodes shoots up to more than 10 percent. A male mastiff has a 6 percent chance of developing a joint disorder, but that risk rises to 21 percent if he is castrated before he is one.
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