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. 2012 Jul 9;2:498. doi: 10.1038/srep00498

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).