Science and Education Publishing Journal of Cancer Research and Treatment 2 1 2014 02 21 Murine Models of Cancer 16 18 EN Ahmed M Kabel Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt Maaly A Abd Elmaaboud JCRT2014214 10.12691/jcrt-2-1-4 2013 10 12 2014 12 29 2014 02 21 Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells displays uncontrolled growth and invasion that destroys adjacent tissues, and sometimes send metastasis to other locations in the body. When one is interested in cancer research, mice will be the preferred animal. Murine models of cancer include transplantable models, spontaneous and autochthonous models, human tumor xenografts, orthotopic models, models of metastasis and transgenic tumor models.