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ba0005cabs.oc4.5 | Oral Communications | ECTS2016

New models of breast and lung cancer bone metastases for preclinical efficacy testing

Suominen Mari I. , Hagemann Urs B. , Konkol Yvonne , Bernoulli Jenni , Fagerlund Katja M. , Bjerke Roger M. , Karlsson Jenny , Halleen Jussi M. , Cuthbertson Alan

In advanced ER+ve breast cancer, the propensity of bone involvement is 85%. Similarly in advanced lung cancer, 30–40% of patients develop bone metastases, and as recent advances in lung cancer therapies improve survival, the number of patients living with bone metastases is expected to increase. At the same time there is a paucity of especially ER+ and osteoblastic animal models available. We present herein the development of four mouse models of breast and lung cancer su...