Methods for screening compounds to treat an oncological disorder regulated
through a tumor-inducing pathway are provided. The compounds are
administered to non-human animal subjects having a disease model, so that
the subjects display pathology symptoms that correspond to the
oncological disorder in humans. The subjects carry a regulatable
transgene expression, of which is associated with tumor formation, and
further carry regulatable genes for suppression of tumor formation. The
disease-pathology symptoms are induced using a site-specific
recombination system to induce expression of the transgene associated
with tumor formation and negatively regulate or eliminate the genes for
suppression of the tumor formation. The methods further involve analyzing
tumor formation in subjects administered the compound and comparing
appearance and amount of tumors in the subjects administered the compound
with control subjects not administered the compound. Also included are a
vector for engineering a disease model and a kit for its use.