Effect of irradiation, asbestos and chemical cocarcinogens on incidence of sarcoma on implants.
Technol Health Care
; 12(3): 217-23, 2004.
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ABSTRACT
An implant can act as a physical carcinogen. Chemicals applied to its surface can augment that. To explore if cocarcinogenesis would affect the incidence of tumour on implants, we tested several physical (asbestos, beta irradiation) and chemical (acridine orange, phorbol methyl ester, cigarette smoke tar, extract of Agaricus bisporus mushroom) carcinogens on 25 mm diameter nitrocellulose filters implanted in groups of BALB/c mice in 9 experiments. Saline was applied in 287 concurrent controls. Irradiation by 540 kBq I-125 fibrinogen on foreign bodies of surface area 20sq cm induced tumour in 6/6 pilot animals (expected 2/6) and in 25/36 animals (controls 13/29; p < 0.04). The mean dose (beta and gamma) to cells within 20 microm of the filter surface was estimated to be 782 mGy. Exposures to 270kBq or less were not significantly cocarcinogenic with single implants. Radiation from the paired implants was detectible up to 80 weeks. Asbestos, however, 2.3 or 4.6 mgm on implants did not in 3 trials increase sarcoma yield significantly, but did induce mesothelial-type growths in the peritoneum. Asbestos (2.3 mg) injected without an implant provoked no tumour at the site. The chemical carcinogen acridine orange gave ambiguous results, and the others reduced tumour incidence insignificantly. The irradiation history may be germane in the human cases that arise.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Prótesis e Implantes
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Carcinógenos
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Cocarcinogénesis
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Asbesto Crocidolita
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Fibrosarcoma
Tipo de estudio:
Incidence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Technol Health Care
Asunto de la revista:
ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2004
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Article