title: A case of maxillary sarcoma in a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes).
abstract: Oral malignancy is rare in chimpanzees. A 34-year-old female chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) at Kumamoto Sanctuary, Japan, had developed it. Treatment is technically difficult for chimpanzees while malignant neoplasm is seemingly rising in captive populations. Widespread expert discussion, guidelines for treatment, especially for great apes in terminal stages is urgently needed.
authors.affiliation: Kumamoto Sanctuary, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Uki, Japan; Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Udono
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nogami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirosawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morimura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seres
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uesaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nasu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomonaga
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Idani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuruyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsubayashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007564:Japan; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: aging; ape; care; malignant neoplasm