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. 2002 Nov 12;99(24):15560–15565. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232340999

Table 1.

Tumor incidence in Pold1D400A mice

Tumor
Incidence
Pold1+/+ Pold1+/D400A Pold1D400A/D400A
Carcinoma
 Skin squamous 0 0 31
 Lung adeno 0 0 7
 Other adeno 1 1 2
 Total 1 (2%) 1 (1%) 40 (63%)
Lymphoma
 Thymic 0 0 15
 Diffuse abdominal 0 2 4
 Total 0 2 (2%) 19 (39%)
Sarcoma
 Histiocytic 0 0 3
 Fibro 0 0 1
 Hemangio 1 0 0
 Rhabdomyo 0 0 1
 Total 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 5 (10%)
Teratoma 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 2 (4%)
No. of mice with tumors/  total no. of mice 2/53 (4%) 3/97 (3%) 46/49 (94%)

Values represent the number (and percentage) of animals with the indicated tumor. Seven, six, and three Pold1+/+, Pold1+/D400A, and Pold1D400A/D400A mice, respectively, had no visible tumors at autopsy. There were no significant differences in cancer incidence by gender.

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Sixteen Pold1D400A/D400A mice (33%) developed tumors in more than one tissue (12 with two tumors and four with three tumors); all of these had skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) as one of the tumor types. A total of 66 different tumors were observed in 49 Pold1D400A/D400A mice. Mice with multiple SCCs were scored as having a single tumor of this type.

Includes 27 mice with tail tumors, two with both tail and ear tumors, one with tail tumors and a hind paw tumor, and one with an isolated ear tumor.

Includes three myoepitheliomas (one from each genotype) derived from either breast or salivary glands and a Pold1D400A/D400A adenocarcinoma of the uterus with metastases to the lung.

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All nine mice with adenocarcinomas also had skin SCCs. Thus, 31 of the 49 Pold1D400A/D400A mice (63%) developed carcinomas in one or more tissues.