The monkey, the hen, and the mouse: models to advance ovarian cancer chemoprevention.
This perspective on Romero et al. (beginning on p. 792 in this issue of the journal) discusses the available animal models of ovarian cancer, including the laying hen, non-human primate, and transgenic rodent models, and their relevance to ovarian cancer chemoprevention studies.
Lu
Karen H
KH
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77230-1439, USA. khlu@mdanderson.org
Yates
Melinda S
MS
Mok
Samuel C
SC
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008251:Macaca; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*