Early-Life Exposure to Low-Dose Cadmium Accelerates Diethylnitrosamine and Diet-Induced Liver Cancer

Figure 4

Tumor data of 26- and 29-week-old male and female mice. The number of tumors on the liver surface of male mice at 26 weeks of age (a) and 29 weeks of age (g) and female mice at 26 (b) and 29 (c) weeks of age was recorded. The ratio of liver weight to tibia length in female (d) and male (e) mice. Macroscopy of 29-week-old male mouse liver (f), with the arrowhead pointing towards HCC. The size of liver surface tumors for male mice in the Con-Can and Cd-Con groups (h). Quantitative data are expressed as the , -7. ^#, Cd-Can vs. Con-Can. HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; SEM: standard error of the mean.

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