Four cases of spontaneous neoplasia in the naked mole-rat (heterocephalus glaber), a putative cancer-resistant species

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 38-43

  Taylor, Kyle R ^a   Milone, Nicholas A ^a   Rodriguez, Carlos E ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Blastemal predominant; Cancer resistance; Heterocephalus glaber; Naked mole rat; Neoplasia; Nephroblastoma; Wilms' tumor

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MOLE RAT; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MOLE RATS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 85014674829     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glw047     Document Type: Article

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