Ovarian hormone dependence of pre-malignant and malignant mammary gland lesions induced in pre-pubertal rats by 1-methyl-1-nitrosourea

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 383-386

  Thompson, Henry J ^a   McGinley, John ^a   Rothhammer, Kim ^a   Singh, Meenakshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITROSOUREA; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGING; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; METHYLNITROSOUREA; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031927836     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/19.3.383     Document Type: Article

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