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Non-melanoma skin cancer in mouse and man.
Archives of toxicology - 1 May 2013
Schwarz Michael, Münzel Peter A, Braeuning Albert
Abstract excerpt
As a frontier organ, skin is exposed to different environmental and/or occupational chemicals which cause cutaneous cancers in experimental animals. In mice, 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthrancene (DMBA) and the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) are frequently used as skin model tumor initiator and promoter, respectively. The sequential administration of DMBA and TPA leads to the appearance of a...
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