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Tumor Promotion

A process in which existing tumors are stimulated to grow. Tumor promoters are not able to cause tumors to form.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
To search for possible antitumor promoters, we carried out a primary screening of fifty-one quinones (anthraquinones… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
The concept of multistage carcinogenesis dates to observations by Peyton Rous and his colleagues in 1941, who noted a… 
1985
1985
Effects of phenobarbital [(PB) CAS: 50-06-6], a systemic tumor promoter, on carcinogenesis initiated by the broad-spectrum… 
1982
1982
Transformable mouse embryo fibroblasts, C3H/10T1/2C18, have been used to study the carcinogenic effect of diethylstilbestrol (DES… 
1981
1981
Abstract The phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), which enhances 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate… 
1981
1981
Studies are described which examine the role of prostaglandins in tumor promotion. These and other metabolites of arachidonic… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) level and the levels of its biosynthetic product, putrescine, are elevated in various proliferative… 
1979
1979
Abstract The potent mouse skin tumor promoter phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) has been previously shown to stimulate… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Summary We have examined the relationship to tumor formation of the stimulated phospholipid metabolism produced in mouse skin by… 
1973
1973
Summary Charles River mice were painted once with dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (tumor initiation), followed by repeated applications…