Table 2.
Spontaneous tumorigenesis in wild-type and MTH1-deficient mice
| Organ | Type of tumor | Male
|
Female
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −/− | +/+ | −/− | +/+ | ||
| Lung | Carcinoma | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Adenoma | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| No. of mice with tumors (%) | 7 (17) | 3 (7) | 8 (16) | 1 (2) | |
| Liver | Hepatocellular carcinoma | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adenoma | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| No. of mice with tumors (%) | 16 (38) | 6 (13) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | |
| Stomach | Carcinoma | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adenoma | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| No. of mice with tumors (%) | 6 (14) | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | |
| Total no. of mice examined | 42 | 46 | 51 | 44 | |