title: Prevention by vitamin E of experimental oral carcinogenesis.
abstract: In the standard model for hamster buccal pouch, using a 0.5% solution of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene [(DMBA) CAS: 57-97-6], it was shown that vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) inhibited carcinogenesis. With a less potent carcinogen (0.1% DMBA), vitamin E was shown to prevent tumor development. Eighty (total) male and female Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) were divided into 4 equal groups. After 28 weeks, animals in group 2 that had left buccal pouches painted with 0.1% DMBA (in heavy mineral oil) three times/week and that had been given 10 mg DL-alpha-tocopherol on alternate days (i.e., two times/wk) showed no tumors there. However, the pouches of group 1 animals that had been similarly painted with DMBA but that had received no vitamin E demonstrated grossly and microscopically the presence of epidermoid carcinomas.
mesh_terms: D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002610:Cheek; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D010212:Papilloma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014810:Vitamin E; D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene