Heterotransplantation of human prostate carcinoma into nude mice.
Human prostate cancer has been successfully transplanted into nude mice, and our technique is briefly reviewed. Sections of human benign prostatic hypertrophy have also been successfully transplanted, with subsequent cellular multiplication. This technique provides a promising model for laboratory studies of therapy by hormone manipulation.
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous