Use of nonhuman primates in cancer research.
A short historical review of the use of primates in cancer research is presented followed by a review of various forms of neoplasma observed in the oldest existing Primate Center. Special attention is paid to baboon lymphomas studied for the past two decades at the U.S.S.R. Primate Center at Sukhumi.
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D005260:Female; D015994:Incidence; D008251:Macaca; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods*; D008992:Monkey Diseases; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010215:Papio; D011323:Primates; D012106:Research