Review

. 2016 Feb 3;8(324):324ps5.

doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf0746.

Perspectives from man's best friend: National Academy of Medicine's Workshop on Comparative Oncology

Amy K LeBlanc¹, Matthew Breen², Peter Choyke³, Mark Dewhirst⁴, Timothy M Fan⁵, Daniel L Gustafson⁶, Lee J Helman³, Michael B Kastan⁷, Deborah W Knapp⁸, Wendy J Levin⁹, Cheryl London¹⁰, Nicola Mason¹⁰, Christina Mazcko³, Patricia N Olson¹¹, Rodney Page⁶, Beverly A Teicher¹², Douglas H Thamm⁶, Jeffrey M Trent¹³, David M Vail¹⁴, Chand Khanna³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. amy.leblanc@nih.gov.
² Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
³ Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁴ Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
⁵ Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802, USA.
⁶ Flint Animal Cancer Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1620, USA.
⁷ Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
⁸ Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2026, USA.
⁹ Fate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
¹¹ Olson Consulting, Animal Health and Welfare, Fort Collins, CO 80528, USA.
¹² Molecular Pharmacology Branch, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹³ Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

PMID: 26843188
PMCID: PMC7780241
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf0746

Review

Perspectives from man's best friend: National Academy of Medicine's Workshop on Comparative Oncology

Amy K LeBlanc et al. Sci Transl Med. 2016.

. 2016 Feb 3;8(324):324ps5.

doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf0746.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. amy.leblanc@nih.gov.
² Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
³ Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
⁴ Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
⁵ Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802, USA.
⁶ Flint Animal Cancer Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1620, USA.
⁷ Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
⁸ Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2026, USA.
⁹ Fate Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
¹¹ Olson Consulting, Animal Health and Welfare, Fort Collins, CO 80528, USA.
¹² Molecular Pharmacology Branch, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
¹³ Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

PMID: 26843188
PMCID: PMC7780241
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf0746

Abstract

Scientists gather to survey comparative oncology research and pinpoint potential contributions to human therapeutics.

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**Fig. 1.. Conquering cancer: Walking the path together.**
The workshop, held in June 2015 in Washington, D.C., was entitled “The role of clinical studies for pets with naturally occurring tumors in translational cancer research” and had as its key goal to carry out a gap analysis of comparative oncology research. (http://iom.nationalacademies.org/Activities/Disease/NCPF/2015-JUN-08.aspx).

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