Perspectives
Nature Reviews Cancer 9, 517-526 (July 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrc2665
Corrected online: 30 June 2009
There is a Corrigendum (1 August 2009) associated with this article.
Science and society: Wildlife cancer: a conservation perspective
See also: Correspondence by Erren et al. | Correspondence by McAloose & Newton
Denise McAloose1 & Alisa L. Newton1 About the authors
Abstract
Until recently, cancer in wildlife was not considered to be a conservation concern. However, with the identification of Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease, sea turtle fibropapillomatosis and sea lion genital carcinoma, it has become apparent that neoplasia can be highly prevalent and have considerable effects on some species. It is also clear that anthropogenic activities contribute to the development of neoplasia in wildlife species, such as beluga whales and bottom-dwelling fish, making them sensitive sentinels of disturbed environments.
Author affiliations
- Denise McAloose and Alisa L. Newton are at Pathology and Disease Investigation, Global Health Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York, New York 10460, USA.
Correspondence to: Denise McAloose1 Email: dmcaloose@wcs.org
* In the version of this article initially published online and in print, table 1 on page 521 mistakenly indicated papillomavirus as the associated virus for flatback turtle (Natator depressus), olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Kemp's ridley turtle (L. kempii) and hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). These entries have therefore been removed from the table. Reference 154 has also been removed from the article because other references in the main text discuss the virus association in specific turtle species. Accordingly, references 155–162 have been renumbered as references 154–161. These errors have been corrected for the HTML and PDF versions of the article.
