Improving human cancer therapy through the evaluation of pet dogs

AK LeBlanc, CN Mazcko - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Comparative oncology clinical trials play an important and growing role in cancer research
and drug development efforts. These trials, typically conducted in companion (pet) dogs …

Pre-clinical tumor models of primary brain tumors: Challenges and opportunities

F Akter, B Simon, NL de Boer, N Redjal… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
Primary brain tumors are a heterogeneous group of malignancies that originate in cells of
the central nervous system. A variety of models tractable for preclinical studies have been …

National cancer institute imaging data commons: toward transparency, reproducibility, and scalability in imaging artificial intelligence

A Fedorov, WJR Longabaugh, D Pot, DA Clunie… - Radiographics, 2023 - pubs.rsna.org
The remarkable advances of artificial intelligence (AI) technology are revolutionizing
established approaches to the acquisition, interpretation, and analysis of biomedical …

[HTML][HTML] Shared hotspot mutations in oncogenes position dogs as an unparalleled comparative model for precision therapeutics

L Rodrigues, J Watson, Y Feng, B Lewis, G Harvey… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Naturally occurring canine cancers have remarkable similarities to their human counterparts.
To better understand these similarities, we investigated 671 client-owned dogs from 96 …

Integrated multiomic profiling of breast cancer in the Chinese population reveals patient stratification and therapeutic vulnerabilities

YZ Jiang, D Ma, X Jin, Y Xiao, Y Yu, J Shi, YF Zhou… - Nature Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Molecular profiling guides precision treatment of breast cancer; however, Asian patients are
underrepresented in publicly available large-scale studies. We established a …

[HTML][HTML] Analyses of canine cancer mutations and treatment outcomes using real-world clinico-genomics data of 2119 dogs

K Wu, L Rodrigues, G Post, G Harvey, M White… - NPJ Precision …, 2023 - nature.com
Spontaneous tumors in canines share significant genetic and histological similarities with
human tumors, positioning them as valuable models to guide drug development. However …

[HTML][HTML] Canine tumor mutational burden is correlated with TP53 mutation across tumor types and breeds

BA Alsaihati, KL Ho, J Watson, Y Feng, T Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Spontaneous canine cancers are valuable but relatively understudied and underutilized
models. To enhance their usage, we reanalyze whole exome and genome sequencing data …

Clinical features, diagnosis, and survival analysis of dogs with glioma

R José‐López, R Gutierrez‐Quintana… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Gliomas in dogs remain poorly understood. Objectives To characterize the
clinicopathologic findings, diagnostic imaging features and survival of a large sample of …

Role of deep learning in classification of brain MRI images for prediction of disorders: a survey of emerging trends

PR Verma, AK Bhandari - Archives of Computational Methods in …, 2023 - Springer
Image classification is the act of labeling groups of pixels or voxels of an image based on
some rules. It finds applications in medical image analysis, and satellite image identification …

Leading the pack: Best practices in comparative canine cancer genomics to inform human oncology

CA London, H Gardner, S Zhao… - Veterinary and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pet dogs develop spontaneous cancers at a rate estimated to be five times higher than that
of humans, providing a unique opportunity to study disease biology and evaluate novel …