title: Growth characteristics of MOPC-315 plasmacytoma and response to anticancer agents.
abstract: We examined the growth characteristics and response to anticancer agents of the murine plasmacytoma MOPC-315, a rapidly growing and widely disseminating tumor syngeneic in BALB/c mice. The doubling time for the tumor was approximately 24 hours, and about 1 in 100 cells was tumorigenic. We developed a spleen colony assay for the clonogenic component of the tumor and used it to define the dose-response relationships for various anticancer agents, including melphalan, cyclophosphamide, 1,3-bis(chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea, 5-fluouracil, gamma-radiation, methotrexate, methylprednisolone, cytosine arabinoside, and vincristine.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents