Michael J Metzger
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Yonemitsu M, Sevigny J, Vandepas L, Dimond J, Giersch R, Gurney-Smith H, et al.
Mol Ecol
. 2025 Feb;
34(6):e17682.
PMID: 39980242
Transmissible cancers are clonal lineages of neoplastic cells able to infect multiple hosts, spreading through populations in the environment as an infectious disease. Transmissible cancers have been identified in Tasmanian...
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Metzger M
Cancer Discov
. 2025 Jan;
15(1):14-15.
PMID: 39801237
In this issue, Compton and colleagues report the prevalence of neoplasia and malignant cancer in 292 species, based on 16,049 necropsy records, shedding light on susceptibility to cancer and the...
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Weinandt S, Child Z, Lartey D, Santos A, Maxfield H, Sevigny J, et al.
bioRxiv
. 2024 Dec;
PMID: 39677800
Bivalve transmissible neoplasia (BTN) is one of three known types of naturally transmissible cancer-cancers in which the whole cancer cells move from individual to individual, spreading through natural populations. BTN...
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Hart S, Garrett F, Kerr J, Metzger M
bioRxiv
. 2024 Sep;
PMID: 39345472
Transmissible cancers are unique instances in which cancer cells escape their original host and spread through a population as a clonal lineage, documented in Tasmanian Devils, dogs, and ten bivalve...
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Arriagada G, Quezada J, Merino-Veliz N, Aviles F, Tapia-Cammas D, Gomez J, et al.
Biol Res
. 2024 Apr;
57(1):17.
PMID: 38664786
Background: Disseminated neoplasia (DN) is a proliferative cell disorder of the circulatory system of bivalve mollusks. The disease is transmitted between individuals and can also be induced by external chemical...
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Hart S, Yonemitsu M, Giersch R, Garrett F, Beal B, Arriagada G, et al.
Nat Cancer
. 2023 Oct;
4(11):1561-1574.
PMID: 37783804
Transmissible cancers are infectious parasitic clones that metastasize to new hosts, living past the death of the founder animal in which the cancer initiated. We investigated the evolutionary history of...
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Michnowska A, Hart S, Smolarz K, Hallmann A, Metzger M
Mol Ecol
. 2022 Apr;
31(11):3128-3136.
PMID: 35403750
Disseminated neoplasia (DN) is one of the most challenging and unrecognised diseases occurring in aquatic fauna. It has been diagnosed in four bivalve species from the Gulf of Gdańsk (Southern...
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Giersch R, Hart S, Reddy S, Yonemitsu M, Orellana Rosales M, Korn M, et al.
Pathogens
. 2022 Mar;
11(3).
PMID: 35335607
Many pathogens can cause cancer, but cancer itself does not normally act as an infectious agent. However, transmissible cancers have been found in a few cases in nature: in Tasmanian...
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Hammel M, Simon A, Arbiol C, Villalba A, Burioli E, Pepin J, et al.
Mol Ecol
. 2021 Jun;
31(3):736-751.
PMID: 34192383
Transmissible cancers are parasitic malignant cell lineages that have acquired the ability to infect new hosts from the same species, or sometimes related species. First described in dogs and Tasmanian...
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Dujon A, Aktipis A, Alix-Panabieres C, Amend S, Boddy A, Brown J, et al.
Evol Appl
. 2021 Apr;
14(4):877-892.
PMID: 33897809
The application of evolutionary and ecological principles to cancer prevention and treatment, as well as recognizing cancer as a selection force in nature, has gained impetus over the last 50 ...