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Title: Marrow-tumor interactions: the role of the bone marrow in controlling chemically induced tumors

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6746612· OSTI ID:6746612

This report summarizes work done to evaluate the role of the bone marrow in tumor growth regulation. Work done with the MCA tumor showed that several subclasses of mononuclear bone marrow cells (e.g. natural regulatory cell, NRC) play a major role in the regulation of tumor growth. Experiments with the spontaneous CE mammary carcinoma system illustrate that a rapid growth of certain neoplasms may be due to the fact that through some as yet undefined mechanism the tumor eliminates mononuclear cells in the bone marrow of the host and stops their production. (KRM)

Research Organization:
Washington Univ., Seattle (USA). Dept. of Biological Structure
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AT06-79EV10270
OSTI ID:
6746612
Report Number(s):
DOE/EV/10270-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English