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Limited Response to Propylthiouracil in the Tumor-bearing Rat^*

R. W. Begg and A. V. White

( Collip Medical Research Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada)

The increase in thyroid weight after the administration of a goitrogen to a tumor-bearing rat is less than that observed in comparable control rats. The limited response to the goitrogen is not sex-, strain-, or tumor-limited, nor is it the result of inanition.

^* Aided by a grant from the National Cancer Institute of Canada. Preliminary reports of this work have been published (2, 3, 4).

National Cancer Institute Associate Professor of Medical Research.

Received 2/ 6/56.