Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2013, 10(1), 107-143; doi:10.3390/ijerph10010107
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Mouse Models for Efficacy Testing of Agents against Radiation Carcinogenesis — A Literature Review

Leena Rivina 1,* email and Robert Schiestl 1,2,3 email
1 Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 650 Charles E. Young Dr. South, CHS 71-295, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA 2 JCCC Healthy and At-Risk Populations Program Area, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, 650 Charles E. Young Dr. South, CHS 71-295, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, 650 Charles E. Young Dr. South, CHS 71-295, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 6 October 2012; in revised form: 26 November 2012 / Accepted: 11 December 2012 / Published: 27 December 2012
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radiation and Cancer Risk)
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Abstract: As the number of cancer survivors treated with radiation as a part of their therapy regimen is constantly increasing, so is concern about radiation-induced cancers. This increases the need for therapeutic and mitigating agents against secondary neoplasias. Development and efficacy testing of these agents requires not only extensive in vitro assessment, but also a set of reliable animal models of radiation-induced carcinogenesis. The laboratory mouse (Mus musculus) remains one of the best animal model systems for cancer research due to its molecular and physiological similarities to man, small size, ease of breeding in captivity and a fully sequenced genome. This work reviews relevant M. musculus inbred and F1 hybrid animal models and methodologies of induction of radiation-induced leukemia, thymic lymphoma, breast, and lung cancer in these models. Where available, the associated molecular pathologies are also included.
Keywords: radiation carcinogenesis; animal models; radiation protectors; radiation mitigators; secondary cancers

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Rivina, L.; Schiestl, R. Mouse Models for Efficacy Testing of Agents against Radiation Carcinogenesis — A Literature Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2013, 10, 107-143.

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Rivina L, Schiestl R. Mouse Models for Efficacy Testing of Agents against Radiation Carcinogenesis — A Literature Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2013; 10(1):107-143.

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Rivina, Leena; Schiestl, Robert. 2013. "Mouse Models for Efficacy Testing of Agents against Radiation Carcinogenesis — A Literature Review." Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 10, no. 1: 107-143.

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