UU Animal Cancer Center
The UU Animal Cancer Center (UUACC) is a multidisciplinary clinical oncology treatment and research facility at the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Clinic for Companion Animal Health. At the UUACC, veterinary clinical specialists work together with researchers providing state-of-the-art oncological care for veterinary patients and investigating novel cancer treatments in clinical trials following a ‘One Medicine’ approach: veterinary patients benefit from novel cancer treatments while serving as comparative translational research models for human patients with comparable disease. In this respect, collaborations exist with research groups, academic institutions, and industries.
The UUACC has ample experience in translational research on hormone-related tumours, and in addition focuses on brain tumours and radiation/radionuclide treatment development (linear accelerator, 166-holmium microspheres)).
The UUACC provides:
- Academic companion animal hospital;
- Multidisciplinary oncology group;
- Research laboratory;
- Medical imaging (radiography, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, CT, MRI, SPECT);
- Chemotherapy/medical treatments;
- Megavoltage photon and electron beam radiation treatment (ELEKTA Synergy Platform);
- Radionuclide imaging and treatment;
- Modern surgery theatres;
- State-of-the-art patient care facilities, including veterinary intensive care unit;
- Hematology, biochemistry, radiopharmaceutical, and histopathology laboratories;
- 3D-printed endoprosthesis.
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The UUACC can facilitate advanced cancer diagnostics and treatment development in companion animal patients with naturally occurring tumours in a pre-clinical or clinical translational phase of treatment development for humans. This ‘One Medicine’ approach provides a better clinical disease model than laboratory animals, accelerating translation to the human patient while reducing laboratory animal use.
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