1. >Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, 1-37-1, Kami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170 Japan;1. Department of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Institute, 1-37-1, Kami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170 Japan
Abstract:
The hepatocarcinogenicity of benzo(a)pyrene(BP) in the rat was examined. Rats were treated with BP after partial hepatectomy and then kept on a diet containing phenobarbital (PB) as a promoter. Tumors including a hepatocellular carcinoma developed in the rat liver by week 52.