Ethical Research. Healthier Futures.
Discover how responsible, humane animal research drives medical progress—improving and saving lives while upholding the highest ethical standards.
Therapies & Treatments – Helping Patients Live Better Lives
CANCER
Cancer can develop anywhere in the body. It starts when cells grow out of control and crowd out normal cells. This makes it hard for your body to work the way it should. For many people, cancer can be treated successfully. In fact, more people than ever before lead full lives after cancer treatment.
There are many types of cancer. It’s not just one disease. Cancer can start in the lungs, the breast, the colon, or even in the blood. Cancers are alike in some ways, but they are different in the ways they grow and spread.
Examples of Common Treatments Developed With Animal Models
| Drug | Usage | Animal Models |
| Prednisone | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia | Cats, dogs, hamsters, mice, rats, monkeys, rabbits, horses |
| Herceptin | Breast cancer | monkeys |
| Avastin | Glioblastoma and non-small cell lung cancer | Mice, rats, rabbits, monkeys |
| Erbitux | Head and neck cancer, metastatic colorectal cancer | Mice, rats, rabbits, monkeys |
| Yervoy | Immunotherapy for cancer | Mice, monkeys |
| Opdivo | Immunotherapy for cancer | mice, rats, monkeys, rabbits |
| Gleevec | Leukemia, myeloid leukemia, accelerated phase myeloid leukemia, gastrointestinal tumors | Mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, monkeys, Chinese hamsters |
| Velcade | Multiple myeloma | Mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, monkeys |
| Revlimid | Multiple myeloma | Mice, rats, rabbits, beagles, monkeys |
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