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Skarsgard of the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre in Vancouver says pigs were chosen because their flesh is most like human flesh from the radiation's point of view.

Giaccia's Stanford collaborators on the research include former post-doctoral scholars Kevin Bennewith, PhD, who is now a research scientist at the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre in Vancouver; Janine Erler, PhD, who is now a group leader at the Institute of Cancer Research at Chester Beatty Laboratories in London; post-doctoral scholars Xin Huang, PhD; and Christine Ham, MD; assistant professor of radiation oncology Edward Graves, PhD; associate professor of pathology Neeraja Kambham, MD; assistant professor of surgery George Yang, MD, PhD ; and Albert Koong.

and held a senior staff appointment at the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre from 1982 to 1990.