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A case of maxillary sarcoma in a chimpanzee ( P an troglodytes )
Author(s) -
Fujisawa M.,
Udono T.,
Nogami E.,
Hirosawa M.,
Morimura N.,
Saito A.,
Seres M.,
Teramoto M.,
Nagano K.,
Mori Y.,
Uesaka H.,
Nasu K.,
Tomonaga M.,
Idani G.,
Hirata S.,
Tsuruyama T.,
Matsubayashi K.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/jmp.12086
Subject(s) - troglodytes , malignancy , sarcoma , pongidae , biology , medicine , zoology , pathology , ecology
Oral malignancy is rare in chimpanzees. A 34‐year‐old female chimpanzee ( P an troglodytes) at Kumamoto Sanctuary, Japan, had developed it. Treatment is technically difficult for chimpanzees while malignant neoplasm is seemingly rising in captive populations. Widespread expert discussion, guidelines for treatment, especially for great apes in terminal stages is urgently needed.