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Table 4 Androgen effects on tumor growth (induced by chemical carcinogens)

From: The role of androgens in experimental rodent mammary carcinogenesis

Reference

Animal model

Type of androgen

Dose a

Tumor growth

7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (using androgens)

  

Young and colleagues [60]

SD ratsb

T

1.2 to 6?mg weekly

?

  

DHT

1.2 to 6?mg weekly

 

Heise and Gorlich [61]

SD rats

TP

6 to 180?mg/kg weekly

? (low dose only)

Teller and colleagues [62]

SD rats

MDTP and TP

Total of 480?mg for 8?weeks

?

Shimkin and colleagues [16]

SD/Wistar rats

DP

200?mg weekly for 6?weeks

No effect

Teller and colleagues [63]

SD rats

MDTP and TP

3.75 to 60?mg weekly for 8?weeks

?

Teller and colleagues [64]

SD rats

MDTP

60?mg weekly for 8?weeks

?

Mobbs [67]

SD rats

TP

10 or 50?mg/kg weekly or a single 60?mg pellet

? (high dose only)

Griswold and Green [68]

SD rats

MDTP and TP

10?mg/kg daily for 20?days

?

Briziarelli and colleagues [69]

SD rats

FBTA

2 or 4?mg daily for 30?days

?

Takahashi and colleagues [70]

SD rats

MDTP and TP

6?mg weekly

?

Quadri and colleagues [71]

SD rats

DmP

0.5?mg daily for 3?weeks

?

Horn and colleagues [72]

Inbred rats

Calsterone

10?mg daily for 2 to 3?weeks

?

Costlow and colleagues [73]

SD rats

TP

8?mg weekly

?

Zava and McGuire [74]

SD rats

TP

2.4?mg weekly

?

Teller and colleagues [65]

SD rats

MDTP

200?mg/kg weekly for 5?weeks

?

Teller and colleagues [66]

SD rats

MDTP

3 to 100?mg/kg weekly for 4?weeks

? (dose dependent)

Dauvois and colleagues [51]

SD rats

DHT

3?cm silastic implant (30/100, DHT/cholesterol, w/w)

?

Boccuzzi and colleagues [75]

SD rats

DHEA

4?mg daily for 21?days

?

Boccuzzi and colleagues [76]

SD rats

DHT

25??g DHT daily for 20?days

?

Gatto and colleagues [77]

SD rats

DHEA

4?mg daily for 20?days

?

Methylcholanthrene (using androgens)

  

Ercoli and Briziarelli [79]

SD rats

DHT or DHT enol ethers

2?mg daily for 30?days

?

Shimkin and colleagues [16]

SD/Wistar rats

DP

200?mg/kg weekly for 6?weeks

No effect

7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (using anti-androgens)

  

Spinola and colleagues [78]

SD rats

Flutamide

10?mg daily for 20?days

?

Boccuzzi and colleagues [76]

SD rats

Flutamide

2?mg daily for 20?days

?

  1. DHEA, dehydroepiandrosterone; DHT, dihydrotestosterone; DmP, dromostanolone propionate; DP, drostanolone propionate; FBTA, 9?-fluoro-11?-hydroxybenzo[d,e] testosterone 17-acetate; MDTP, 2?-methyl-DHT propionate; SD, Sprague?Dawley; T, testosterone; TP, testosterone propionate. aSome doses are shown as weekly doses calculated based on the dosing regime in the original article. bFemale rats unless otherwise specified.