Initial Case Reports of Cancer in Naked Mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 691-696

  Delaney, M A ^a   Ward, J M ^b   Walsh, T F ^c   Chinnadurai, S K ^d   Kerns, K ^c   Kinsel, M J ^e   Treuting, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Global VetPathology   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

adenocarcinoma; cancer; electron microscopy; Heterocephalus glaber; naked mole rat; neoplasia; neuroendocrine carcinoma; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGING; ANIMAL; AXILLA; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE MODEL; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLE RAT; PATHOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH TUMOR; VETERINARY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; AXILLA; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GASTRIC MUCOSA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLE RATS; RODENT DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84963805327     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985816630796     Document Type: Article

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