Growth of human breast cancers in Peromyscus

• Main Authors: Vimala Kaza (Author), Elena Farmaki (Author), Amanda Havighorst (Author), Janet Crossland (Author), Ioulia Chatzistamou (Author), Hippokratis Kiaris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Modeling breast cancer in general and hormone-sensitive breast cancer, in particular in mice, has several limitations. These are related to the inbred nature of laboratory mice, and do not allow adequate appreciation of the contribution of the host's genetic heterogeneity in tumor growth. In ad...