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The possible carcinogenic effects of radiations on the uterus.

The carcinogenic effects of radium and X-rays on the rat uterus have been investigated. Malignant endometrial tumours, usually adenocarcinomas, were produced in a small proportion of treated rats. One rat treated with X-rays developed an adeno-sarcoma (possibly carcino-sarcoma) of the endometrium. Benign mixed polypoidal endometrial tumours occurred also in radium and X-ray treated rats and in non-radiated controls; radiation increased the incidence of these tumours and may have induced malignant transformation in some. The incidence of lymphosarcomas and mammary tumours in the strain of rat u…