To examine the potential role of companion animals as sentinels of relevant, shared environmental exposures that may affect human aging and cancer, the National Cancer Policy Forum held a workshop in collaboration with the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence and the Standing Committee on the Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions to explore this promising and underutilized pathway for research. Presentations and panel discussions covered the current state of the science and pathways for accelerating research, along with opportunities and challenges for using this novel translational approach to exposure science to advance human health. This Proceedings of a Workshop outlines the presentations and discussions that occurred during the workshop.

Contents

• The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
• PLANNING COMMITTEE ON THE ROLE OF COMPANION ANIMALS AS SENTINELS FOR PREDICTING ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE EFFECTS ON AGING AND CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY IN HUMANS
• Reviewers
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Proceedings of a Workshop
  • INTRODUCTION
  • BACKGROUND ON CANCER, AGING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE RESEARCH
  • HISTORY AND CURRENT STATE OF THE SCIENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE EFFECTS ON AGING AND CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY
  • METHODS AND CURRENT STUDIES
  • RELEVANCE OF COMPANION ANIMAL EXPOSURES TO HUMAN CANCER AND AGING
  • ACCELERATING CROSS-SPECIES COMPARISONS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN DATA SOURCES, COLLECTION, STORAGE, MODELING, AND SHARING
  • EQUITY, ETHICS, AND POLICY
  • IDENTIFYING RESEARCH GAPS AND SETTING A RESEARCH AGENDA: EXPLORING NEXT STEPS FOR THE PATH FORWARD
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS AND POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS
  • References
• Appendix A. Statement of Task
• Appendix B. Workshop Agenda
• Appendix C. Biographical Sketches of Planning Committee Members and Workshop Speakers

Suggested citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Companion animals as sentinels for predicting environmental exposure effects on aging and cancer susceptibility in humans: Proceedings of a workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26547.

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.17226/26547

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