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Dehydroepiandrosterone is a complete hepatocarcinogen and potent tumor promoter in the absence of peroxisome proliferation in rainbow trout.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Dec 1995
Orner G A, Mathews C, Hendricks J D, Carpenter H M, Bailey G S, Williams D E
Abstract excerpt
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), fed for 30 weeks to rainbow trout after initiation with the hepatocarcinogen aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), produced a dose-dependent enhancement of carcinogenesis as measured by increased tumor incidence, multiplicity and size. Significant enhancement was observed at 222 p.p.m., which corresponds to a daily dosage one-half that previously administered to humans in clinical trials. DHEA was...
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