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Differences in carcinogenesis by the length of carcinogen exposure period in rat colon.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Jan 2001
Endo T, Ookawa K, Tanaka M, Nakaji S, Tsuchida S, Sugawara K
Abstract excerpt
To clarify the carcinogenic factors--whether it is the kind of carcinogen or their length of exposure--that determine whether colorectal cancer develops from an adenoma or develops de novo in the absence of an adenoma, we histopathologically analyzed a total of 229 rat colon tumors induced by administration of 1,2-dimethyl-hydrazine (DMH) or N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) for three or 15 weeks. In...
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