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Using the data described in Paper I, we compare the effects of the same treatment timings and doses given at different ages. Initiation with DMBA at 68 weeks of age, followed 3 weeks later by TPA, has a significantly (P less than 0.0001) less rapid effect on subsequent tumour incidence than does initiation at 8 or at 48 weeks of age, followed 3 weeks later by TPA. We suggested that this is chiefly due not to changes in the numbers of cells initiated by DMBA, but rather to a decrease in the promotional efficacy of TPA in ageing mice.

Original publication

DOI

10.1038/bjc.1981.142

Type

Journal article

Journal

Br J Cancer

Publication Date

07/1981

Volume

44

Pages

15 - 23

Keywords

9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene, Aging, Animals, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Synergism, Female, Mice, Neoplasms, Experimental, Skin Neoplasms, Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate, Time Factors