Histopathological, immunohistochemical and molecular study of mammary gland tumors in female dogs

• Grant number: 15/17550-9
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: February 13, 2016
• End date: February 19, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Pathology
• Principal Investigator: Renee Laufer Amorim
• Grantee: Renee Laufer Amorim
• Visiting researcher: Laura Pena
• Visiting researcher institution: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The mammary gland tumors in dogs have a high prevalence in Veterinary Medicine and the dog is considered a good model for the study of breast cancer in women. Currently, there are different classification systems to mammary gland tumor in bitches that are associated with difficult to reproducible the previous results. Thus, this grant aims to supply the researcher abroad to participate in the molecular analysis of project mammary tumors in female dogs and to discuss guidelines for a single international consensus for histological evaluation and immunohistochemistry of mammary tumors in female dogs. (AU)