Induction of squamous cell carcinomas of the rat nasal cavity by inhalation exposure to formaldehyde vapor

Groups of 120 male and 120 female rats were exposed by inhalation to 0, 2, 6, or 15 ppm formaldehyde vapor 6 hr/day, 5 days/week, for 18 months of a 24-month study. The present communication describes interim findings based on data available after 18 months of exposure. Squamous cell carcinomas occurred in the nasal cavities of 36 rats exposed to 15 ppm formaldehyde. The tumors ranged from small early carcinomas of the nasal turbinate to large invasive osteolytic neoplasms which extended into the subcutis of the premaxilla. Similar tumors were not detected in rats exposed for 18 months to 2 or 6 ppm or in mice exposed to 2, 6, or 15 ppm formaldehyde. Rhinitis, epithelial dysplasia, and squamous metaplasia occurred in rats from all exposure levels of formaldehyde; however, the severity and extent of the lesions were dose related. In contrast, papillary hyperplasia and squamous atypia occurred only in animals exposed to 15 ppm formaldehyde.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1980

Erschienen:

1980

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Cancer research - 40(1980), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 3398-402

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Swenberg, J A [VerfasserIn]
Kerns, W D [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, R I [VerfasserIn]
Gralla, E J [VerfasserIn]
Pavkov, K L [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

1HG84L3525
Animals, Laboratory
Biology
Body Weight
Cancer--analysis
Cancer--etiology
Carcinogens
Clinical Research
Diseases
Formaldehyde
Histology
Journal Article
Laboratory Procedures
Mortality
Neoplasms
Research Methodology

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.01.1981

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM074045849