title: Recent progress in canine tumor vaccination: potential applications for human tumor vaccines.
abstract: Tumor vaccination holds great promise for the treatment of cancer and research concerning tumor vaccination in dogs is of great interest for veterinary as well as human medicine. Indeed, cancer is the leading cause of death in adult dogs and companion animals are acknowledged as excellent preclinical models for human oncology. The license of the veterinary melanoma vaccine (Oncept™) and Provenge® for the treatment of prostate cancer in men established tumor vaccination as a valid treatment modality for cancer. Although the results with this and other vaccines are promising, there are still some hurdles to overcome. In this article, preclinical and clinical trials with tumor vaccines in dogs are discussed, as well as the surplus value of canine cancer patients for human medicine.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Department of Nutrition, Genetics and Ethology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Heidestraat 19, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: Sofie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Denies
authors.forename: Niek N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019496:Cancer Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000276:immunology*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy* / Q000662:veterinary*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019496:Cancer Vaccines