Advances in Understanding Spontaneously Occurring Melanoma in Animals

Kelly L Blacklock; Louise van der Weyden

doi:10.3390/vetsci10030210

Advances in Understanding Spontaneously Occurring Melanoma in Animals

Vet Sci. 2023 Mar 10;10(3):210. doi: 10.3390/vetsci10030210.

Authors

Kelly L Blacklock¹, Louise van der Weyden²

Affiliations

¹ Hospital for Small Animals, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK.
² Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.

Abstract

Melanoma is a tumour that arises from the uncontrolled proliferation of melanocytes (pigment-producing cells) found in the skin (cutaneous melanoma and digital melanoma), mucosal surfaces (oral melanoma), and the eye (ocular melanoma) [...].

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

L.v.d.W. was supported by the Wellcome Trust grant 108413/A/15/D.