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Promoting effect of a high-fat/high-protein diet in DMBA-induced ductal pancreatic cancer in rats.
Annals of surgery - 1 May 2001
Z'graggen K, Warshaw A L, Werner J, Graeme-Cook F, Jimenez R E, Fernández-Del Castillo C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether a high-fat/high-protein diet (HFPD) acts as a promoter of the natural course of cancer growth in the 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA)-induced ductal pancreatic cancer model in rats. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: DMBA implantation to the rat pancreas induces ductal adenocarcinoma. Information regarding the effects of diet and the presence of K-ras mutation in this model is not...
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