Dietary folate deficiency suppresses N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced mammary tumorigenesis in rats

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 937-944

  Kotsopoulos, Joanne ^a   Sohn, Kyoung Jin ^b   Martin, Rochelle ^c   Choi, Monica ^b   Renlund, Richard ^a   Mckerlie, Colin ^d   Hwang, Stephen W ^b,c   Medline, Alan ^b   Kim, Young In J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST ADENOMA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; IN VITRO STUDY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; LIVER; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; METHYLNITROSOUREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037972189     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgg036     Document Type: Review

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