Journal of Oncology Case Reports Online | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Mini-Review Article | Open Access
Arjavon Talebzadeh*
California Northstate University School of Medicine, USA
*Correspondence to: Arjavon Talebzadeh
Fulltext PDFCancer is a challenge that still affect large number of populations today. Significant research is being carried out to try the curb this disease with some success. Etiologies of cancer of various organs are constantly being looked at molecular and genetic level. Most have spontaneous mutations leading to rapid uncontrolled growth. Almost all cancers are not contagious however, in some rare cases cancers are transmissible. Some examples include mother to fetus transmission namely melanoma/leukemia and Infectious transmission such as HPV. Transmittable cancer is also seen in animals. Conditions such as Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor (CTVT) in dogs or Bivalve transmissible Neoplasia are just some examples. In this paper we will review the genetic mechanism of action of transmission of two independent cancers in Tasmanian Devil population to understand possible etiologies in other genetic modes of transmission.
Tumor; Cancer; Humans
Arjavon Talebzadeh. Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Genomics and Transcriptomics used as a baseline to understand Transmissible Cancer in Humans. Jour Onco Case Rep Onl. 2023;1(1):1-5.