THE INCIDENCE OF CANCER IN TARRED AND SHELTERED MICE

J Exp Med. 1932 January 31; 55(2): 247–266.

PMCID: PMC2132090

Peyton Rous and Elizabeth Botsford

From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

Received September 20, 1931.

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Abstract

Mice sheltered for long periods from the intercurrent access of living entities out of the environment developed tar cancer with the same frequency as controls exposed to an unusual extent. This happened although the food of the two groups differed profoundly in character.

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