The role of viruses in the development of ocular tumors.
The role of viruses as a cause of human cancer has been investigated by a variety of techniques in recent years. While no definitive answer exists at present, several lines of evidence indicating a viral role in human tumors and reviewed. These include the well-documented role of viruses in causing animal tumors; evidence for an association of certain viruses with human tumors; and virally induced animal models of human tumors, melanoma, retinoblastoma, and ocular malignant melanoma.
D000257:Adenoviridae Infections; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D006224:Cricetinae; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections; D006801:Humans; D005256:Leukemia Virus, Feline; D008545:Melanoma / Q000209:etiology*; D051379:Mice; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000209:etiology; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D027382:Polyomaviridae; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000209:etiology*; D012190:Retroviridae; D013539:Simian virus 40; D014036:Togaviridae Infections; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections