Spontaneous Tumors of the Nervous System in Albino Rats
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Vol. 52 (1) , 265-273
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/52.1.265
Abstract
A retrospective review of necropsies of 7803 albino rats revealed 34 tumors originating in the brain or meninges for an overall incidence of 0.44%. In addition, 4 tumors of ganglion cell origin were found. The most frequent brain tumor was the astrocytoma. Other tumor types included oligodendroglioma, ependymoma, meningioma, ganglioneuroma, and optic nerve glioma. The tumors had a predeliction for male rats and occurred at an average age of 17–18 months.Keywords
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