Human oncology refers to the study and treatment of cancer in humans. It involves understanding how cancer develops, spreads, and affects the human body, and finding ways to diagnose, prevent, and treat it.
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Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has emerged as a standard of care
in human oncology over the last few decades, but has only recently become available in veterinary medicine.
That's how Charles Sawyers, a 2009 Lasker Award winner and chair
of human oncology and pathogenesis at Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, made the connection with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) that led to second - generation treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
The research collaboration is part of a broader push in the veterinary community to promote «comparative oncology,» which is centered on the idea that studying cancer in pet dogs could yield important insights that can be translated to
human oncology research.
Another study from the Department
of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, stated that the monoterpene d - limonene found in large quantities in certain therapeutic essential oils has been shown to prevent abnormal cells from developing.
Charles Sawyers, MD, is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the inaugural Director of
the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP) at Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center.
That includes stereotactic radiation (SRS / SRT), a standard of care in
human oncology that has just recently become available to pets.
These studies generate critical data that support the development of new diagnostics and therapeutics for that impact outcomes in both veterinary and
human oncology.
To increase veterinary access to the advanced cancer care already available in
human oncology, Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) and PetCure Oncology today announced a strategic collaboration that will bring an unprecedented level of care to pets suffering from cancer.