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STUDIES ON THE PATHOGENESIS OF NEOPLASMS BY IONIZING RADIATION. I. PITUITARY TUMORS

Journal Article · · Cancer Research
OSTI ID:4249070
Pituitary tumor induction by ionizing radiation appears to be a scopal (direct effect. Fission neutrons appeared to have a greater relative biological equivalent in inducing them than x rays. Gonadectomy prior to irradiation prevented or inhibited pituitary tumor development. The radiation-induced pituitary tumors observed were predominantly adrenotropic and mammotropic, with the exception of the head-neck irradiation groups, in which thyrotropic tumors were frequent. The spontaneous pituitary tumors were predominantly mammotropic. (auth)
Research Organization:
New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston; Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y.
NSA Number:
NSA-13-014161
OSTI ID:
4249070
Journal Information:
Cancer Research, Journal Name: Cancer Research Vol. Vol: 19
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English