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

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.

Review

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

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

doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf0746.

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.

Abstract

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

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