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decades there has been a decrease in the use of
animal cellular lineage and models in the study of
cancer. This trend has taken place concurrently with
the development of molecular studies and also with
the conception of a the neoplasic phenomenon as a
heterotypical process in which both the neoplasic
cell and the issue environment in which it develops
play a key role, since, in addition to the genetic
factors associated with the tumour, the individual-
related factors interfere with the tumour and its
response to treatment (Marahatta, 2005).
8 FUTURE WORK
As future work the integration with other tumour
banks will be developed. Another task to be
performed is the inclusion of reports and charts that
may provide a view of the distribution of the various
cancer-related data by geographic region (Carr et al.,
2003).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We wish to express our appreciation to FAPESP and
PROPG (Pró-reitoria de pós-graduação) for
providing financial support for this work; to
Fundação Pio XII, to IBILCE – UNESP, to Tamara
Colaiacovo for their collaboration to this project and
Dr. Geraldo Santiago Hidalgo, pathologist
responsible for the beginning of this project.
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