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Steroid Hormones and Tumor-Host Relations^*

R. W. Begg

( Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.)

Pellets of testosterone propionate reduce adrenal hypertrophy in the tumor-bearing rat, and an extract of the adrenal cortex diminishes the degree of anemia. No effect was noted on the growth of the Walker 256 carcinoma.

^* Aided by grants from the National Cancer Institute of Canada and the Nova Scotia Division of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Research Associate, National Cancer Institute of Canada. Present address: Department of Medical Research, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

Received 12/ 6/50.