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Carcinogenesis of N‐nitrosodiethylamine (DENA) in chickens and domestic cats
Author(s) -
Schmähl D.,
Habs M.,
Ivankovic S.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910220508
Subject(s) - carcinogen , cats , carcinogenesis , kidney , esophagus , biology , pathology , physiology , medicine , cancer , biochemistry
Abstract The environmental carcinogen N‐nitrosodiethyl‐amine (diethylnitrosamine, DENA) has been found to be carcinogenic in 18 animal species. In this study we demonstrate that, after intramuscular injection in chickens, it induces hepatocellular carcinomas of the liver and adenocarcinomas of the kidney. Oral administration in domestic cats causes malignant hepatomas and tumors of the esophagus and kidney. Since DENA is carcinogenic in all species in which it has been tested adequately it can be expected to be a human carcinogen, too.