Journal
DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
Volume 49, Issue 3, Pages 317-324Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.04.013
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- NIH [U54OD020353, R01CA229215]
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- [R35CA220481]
- [R01CA103846]
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Cancer has joined heart disease as the leading source of mortality in the US. In an era of organoids, patient-derived xenografts, and organs on a chip, model organisms continue to thrive with a combination of powerful genetic tools, rapid pace of discovery, and affordability. Model organisms enable the analysis of both the tumor and its associated microenvironment, aspects that are particularly relevant to our understanding of metastasis and drug resistance. In this Perspective, we explore some of the strengths of fruit flies and zebrafish for addressing fundamental cancer questions and how these two organisms can contribute to identifying promising therapeutic candidates.
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