A lung bioassay method was developed that demon strated that mammary adenocarcinomas appearing sponta neously in BALB/c x DBA/8F, female mice, as well as first-generation transplants of the tumors, gave rise to secondary pulmonary tumors. In a population of 122 mice bearing spontaneous tumors, the incidence of lung métas tases was found to correlate with the size of the primary tumor. The inci...

The ability of malignant cells to respond to growth factor(s) present in or secreted by a distant target organ may be important in tumor metastasis. We used metastatic cell lines and clones of the rat 13762NF mammary adenocarcinoma that show reproducible spontaneous metastatic behavior from the mammary fat pad to regional lymph nodes and lung sites. Whereas poorly lung metastatic MTPa and MTC c...

Background: Molecular marker based cancer diagnosis gaining more attention in the current genomics era. So, Hspb1 and Tp53 gene characterization and their mRNA expression might be helpful in diagnosis andprognosis ofcat mammary adenocarcinoma. It will also add informationin comparative cancer genetics and genomics. Objectives: Eight tumors of Siamese cats were analyzed to ascertain germ-line an...

background : breast cancer is a complicated disease and has various clinical manifestations and prognosis. the aim of this study is to make a breast cancer model suitable for basic, preclinical and clinical studies. materials and methods: five virgin bulb/c mice aged 6 weeks and spontaneous murine mammary adenocarcinoma cells (mmac) were used. after anesthesia induction, 1-3 million of mmacs we...

Carcinogenic effect of N, N’-dimethylnitrosourea (DMNU) on mice and hamsters was studied. Repeated subcutaneous injections　of DMNU resulted in the induction of malignant lymphomas with an　incidence of 100 per cent in adult C3HjBifBjKi mice and induced　malignant tumors of　forestomach, mammary gland and uterus with a　high incidence in adult hamsters. Control ani...

Photodynamic therapy is generally considered to be safer than conventional anticancer therapies, and it is effective against different kinds of cancer. However, its clinical application has been significantly limited by the hydrophobicity of photosensitizers. In this work, a system composed of the hydrophobic photosensitizer aluminum-phthalocyanine chloride (AlPc) associated with water dispersi...