Effects of Endocrinologic Conditions Associated With Acute Versus Chronic Lactation on the Incidence of Mammary Carcinomas in Irradiated Rats: Brief Communication2
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- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Vol. 60 (2) , 469-471
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/60.2.469
Abstract
Groups of female Fischer rats received 500 rads of γ-irradiation and were maintained in hormone states that promoted or inhibited lactation. Chronically lactating rats developed no mammary tumors. Rats that did not lactate or lactated acutely during the period surrounding irradiation developed similar numbers of carcinomasKeywords
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