Mouse Models of Melanoma Bone Metastasis

Abstract

Melanomas are aggressive cancers of the skin with high metastatic capacity. Mouse models are necessary to delineate the mechanisms of cancer metastasis and xenograft models can also allow examining the role of the host using different genetically-modified mouse models. In this chapter, I provide a detailed protocol for the preparation and inoculation of tumor cells intra-cardially and intra-tibially to achieve bone metastasis.

Keywords: B16 cells; Bone metastasis; Firefly luciferase; Imaging; Melanoma.