Promoter effect of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) in N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) induced mammary tumors in BALB/c mice

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 529-531

  Pazos, Patricia ^a   Lanari, Claudia ^a   Elizalde, Patricia ^a   Montecchia, Fernanda ^a   Charreau, Eduardo H ^a   Molinolo, Alfredo A ^a  

^a INST DE INVEST HEMATOLOGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; COCARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 0031878398     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/19.3.529     Document Type: Article

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