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RADIOACTIVITY IN THE BLOOD DURING DEVELOPMENT OF BROWN-PEARCE CARCINOMA (in Ukrainian)

Journal Article · · Dopovidi Akad Nauk Ukr. R.S.R.
OSTI ID:4235851
Experiments were conducted on male rabblts with a Brown-Pearce carcinoma inoculated on the testicle. On the seventh day of development of rabblt carcinoma, an acute rise in beta radiation activity is noted in the blood, followed by a continuous and sharp fall up to the death of the animal. In rabbits with an undeveloped carcinoma the changes in the activity of radiation do not differ from- the physiological fluctuations in the normal state. The investigation was carried out during different seasons, thus excluding seasonal effects. Since beta radiation activity in the organism is due chiefly to the activity of potassium, the data obtained are ascribed to the change in the blood potassium content. The observed drop in blood radioactivity after the seventh day of carcinoma development may be linked with the deposition of potassium in the developing tumor, particularly since the radioactivity of the organs with carcinoma metastases were raised, as shown by supplementary studies. The experimental results agree with the observations showing that in 44 investigated patients with cancer of various location the radiation activlty due to potassium was somewhat elevated. (auth)
Research Organization:
Bogolomets Inst. of Physiology, Ukrainian S.S.R.
NSA Number:
NSA-13-018826
OSTI ID:
4235851
Journal Information:
Dopovidi Akad Nauk Ukr. R.S.R., Journal Name: Dopovidi Akad Nauk Ukr. R.S.R. Vol. Vol: No. 4
Country of Publication:
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Language:
Ukrainian