Animal model in breast cancer research / Faikah Awang @ Ismail and Mohamad Shahrimi Hashim

History, Breast cancer is an abnormal cell growth that can occur in mammals, and it is the most common cancer that leads to fatality in women. Since humans shared a common cell growth system with other mammals, animals such as rodents, canines, primates, and porcines were usually used for breast cancer experimental models. It had been started in the 1930s when this animal was used to study endocrinology.