Pathological comparison between spontaneously developed and chemically induced liver cancers in LEC rats with hereditary hepatitis

  • Authors:
    • T Namieno
    • S Konaka
    • F Okada
    • J Hamada
    • M Hosokawa
    • J Uchino
    • N Sato
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  • Published online on: April 1, 1996     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.8.4.791
  • Pages: 791-794
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Abstract

To investigate the pathological differences between spontaneously developed and chemically induced liver cancers in LEC rats with hereditary hepatitis, eight-week-old LEC rats were fed 0.06% or 0.03% of 3'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene (3'-Me-DAB) for 12 weeks, and then fed basal diet. Spontaneous liver cancers occurred in 60.4% of the LEC rats, while 3'-Me-DAB induced cancers in all LEC rats. The survival periods of chemically (0.06%) treated LEC rats were significantly shorter than non-treated rats. The chemically-induced cancers were strongly related to Edmondson classification. Metastasis and transplantability of the chemically-induced cancers were higher than spontaneous cancers. LEC rats are highly susceptible to the chemical carcinogen with the initiated status of hepatocarcinogenesis.

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April 1996
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Namieno T, Konaka S, Okada F, Hamada J, Hosokawa M, Uchino J and Sato N: Pathological comparison between spontaneously developed and chemically induced liver cancers in LEC rats with hereditary hepatitis. Int J Oncol 8: 791-794, 1996
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Namieno, T., Konaka, S., Okada, F., Hamada, J., Hosokawa, M., Uchino, J., & Sato, N. (1996). Pathological comparison between spontaneously developed and chemically induced liver cancers in LEC rats with hereditary hepatitis. International Journal of Oncology, 8, 791-794. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.8.4.791
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Namieno, T., Konaka, S., Okada, F., Hamada, J., Hosokawa, M., Uchino, J., Sato, N."Pathological comparison between spontaneously developed and chemically induced liver cancers in LEC rats with hereditary hepatitis". International Journal of Oncology 8.4 (1996): 791-794.
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Namieno, T., Konaka, S., Okada, F., Hamada, J., Hosokawa, M., Uchino, J., Sato, N."Pathological comparison between spontaneously developed and chemically induced liver cancers in LEC rats with hereditary hepatitis". International Journal of Oncology 8, no. 4 (1996): 791-794. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.8.4.791