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Brain tumors in irradiated monkeys.A study was made of 32 monkeys which survived one to seven years after total body exposure to protons or to high-energy X rays. Among these 32 monkeys there were 21 which survived two years or longer after exposure to 200 to 800 rad. Glioblastoma multiforme developed in 3 of the 10 monkeys surviving three to five years after receiving 600 or 800 rad 55-MeV protons. Thus, the incidence of tumor development in the present series was far higher than the incidence of spontaneously developing brain tumors in monkeys cited in the literature. This suggests that the tumors in the present series may have been radiation-induced.
Document ID
19720051981
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Haymaker, W.
Miquel, J.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, Calif., United States)
Rubinstein, L. J.
(Stanford University Stanford, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: Acta Neuropathologica
Volume: 20
Subject Category
Biosciences
Accession Number
72A35647
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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