Journal
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PRIMATOLOGY
Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 137-144Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2008.00321.x
Keywords
Ape; cancer; disease; leiomyoma; non-human primate; tumor
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- NIH/NCRR [P51 RR013986]
- Southwest National Primate Research Center [P51 RR000165]
- National Center for Research Resources, NIH [C06 RR016228]
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Chimpanzees have over 98% genomic sequence homology with humans and may have a similar host response to malignancy. There is minimal information concerning cancer in the chimpanzee and such information would be valuable to individuals caring for and using them for research. Spontaneous neoplasia that was documented in two chimpanzee colonies and in the literature were evaluated statistically. In all, 105 spontaneous and 12 experimental neoplasms were diagnosed. Seventy-four spontaneous tumors occurred in females, 24 in males, and seven in animals of undetermined sex. Of the spontaneous tumors 89 were benign, 14 were malignant, and two were undetermined. Neoplasia was most common in the urogenital system in females. Neoplasia is not uncommon in the chimpanzee, is generally benign, and occurs primarily in the urogenital system in females.
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