ROLE OF THE REGISTRY OF TUMORS IN LOWER ANIMALS IN THE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS IN AQUATIC ANIMALS

The registry is mainly involved in specimen storage, diagnostics, information retrieval, and other service activities. In addition, however, the registry participates in surveys, identifies unique lesions or tumorous populations, and takes a supportive or dominant role in pertinent research projects. It is hoped that these efforts will benefit the fight against cancer by contributing further to the discovery of new carcinogens, indicators of environmental carcinogens, animal models for cancer studies, efficacious methods for screening carcinogens, and of reservoirs of carcinogens in food sources and by helping to provide an overall understanding of the neoplastic process.