Future Medicinal ChemistryVol. 4, No. 11 CommentaryLab reports and cat scans: can veterinary oncology guide our way to new treatments for human cancers?Rachel AirleyRachel AirleyDivision of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK. Search for more papers by this authorEmail the corresponding author at r.airley@hud.ac.ukPublished Online:2 Aug 2012https://doi.org/10.4155/fmc.12.81AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit View articleKeywords: cancerclinical trialscomparative oncologysynergytyrosine kinase inhibitorveterinaryReferences1 Martinez MN. Welcome to the animal pharmaceuticals special focus. Future Med. Chem.3(7),845–846 (2011).Link, CAS, Google Scholar2 Cardiff RD, Ward JM, Barthold SW. ‘One medicine – one pathology’: are veterinary and human pathology prepared?. Lab. 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