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Estrogen treatment enhances hereditary renal tumor development in Eker rats.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Nov 1998
Wolf D C, Goldsworthy T L, Donner E M, Harden R, Fitzpatrick B, Everitt J I
Abstract excerpt
Hormonal influences are known to affect the development of renal cell carcinoma in man and laboratory animal models. We tested the hypothesis that estrogen treatment or ovariectomy of rats modulates renal tumor development using tuberous sclerosis 2 (Tsc2) heterozygous mutant (Eker) rats in which a germline mutation predisposes the animals to renal cell tumor development. Two-month-old female wild-type and Eker...
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