Table 1. Incidence of neoplastic changes in resH2 mice following injection with a CNT, carbon black, solvent, or MNU test substance.
control | carbon black | CNT | MNU | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Organ | Diagnosis/total number | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Skin (back area) | Papilloma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Keratoacanthoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Skin (face) | Papilloma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Keratoacanthoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Skin (thigh) | Papilloma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Keratoacanthoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Spleen | Inflammatory pseudotumor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hemangioma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Hematopoietic system | Malignant lymphoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Epithelial thymoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kidneys | Hemangioma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pancreas | Hemangioma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lungs | Adenocarcinoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adenoma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Hemangioma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Forestomach | Papilloma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10* |
Basal cell tumor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Squamous cell carcinoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Perineal | Papilloma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5** |
*,**: significant differences at p = 0.0000054125 and p = 0.016254, respectively (Fisher's direct method).