Effects of reproduction on spontaneous development of endometrial adenocarcinomas and mammary tumors in Donryu rats

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 375-382

  Nagaoka, Takaharu ^a   Takegawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Takeuchi, Masaki ^a   Maekawa, Akihiko ^b  

^a Pharmaceutical Research Division   (Japan)

^b SASAKI INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Donryu rat; Mammary tumor; Reproduction; Uterine adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTION; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0034066846     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2000.tb00955.x     Document Type: Article

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