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Effects of Dietary Fat and Dose Level of 7,12-Dimethylbenz(α)-anthracene on Mammary Tumor Incidence in Rats

K. K. Carroll, +1 more
- 01 Aug 1970 - 
- Vol. 30, Iss: 8, pp 2260-2264
TLDR
The type of diet fed after administration of 7,12-dimethylbenz(α)anthracene had a greater influence on mammary tumor incidence than did the type fed before the carcinogen was given, indicating that the effect is exerted mainly at the promotional stage of mammary carcinogenesis.
Abstract
Summary Female Sprague-Dawley rats maintained on a semisynthetic diet containing 20% corn oil developed more mammary tumors after treatment with a single p.o. dose of 7,12-dimethylbenz(α)anthracene than rats treated similarly but fed a low-fat semisynthetic diet. The tumor yield varied with the dose of 7,12-dimethylbenz(α)anthracene, but the rats on high-fat diet developed more tumors at each of 3 dose levels tested. The type of diet fed after administration of 7,12-dimethylbenz(α)anthracene had a greater influence on mammary tumor incidence than did the type fed before the carcinogen was given, indicating that the effect is exerted mainly at the promotional stage of mammary carcinogenesis.

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A new, quantitative, approach to the study of the stages of chemical cartinogenesis in the mouse's skin.

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