Abstract
Weanling female germ-free Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 3 groups: the control group rats were fed an autoclaved 5010C diet for 2 years; the nitrofurantoin (NF) group rats were fed this diet supplemented with 0.188% NF for 2 years; and the N-[4-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-thiazolyl]-formamide (FANFT) group rats were fed this diet supplemented with 0.188% FANFT for 20 weeks followed by 20 additional weeks of the control diet. The FANFT-group rats were killed following the early appearance of bladder tumors. Six of 11 control rats had tumors: 2 with mammary fibroadenomas, 1 with adrenal adenoma, 1 with leukemic spleen, and 2 with mesenchymal sarcoma of the colon. Ten of 12 NF-group rats had tumors: 9 with mammary fibroadenomas, 1 with adrenal adenoma, and 1 each with leukemic spleen and cervical squamous cell carcinoma. Eight of 12 FANFT-group rats had tumors: 7 with bladder and 1 with renal pelvis transitional cell carcinoma. The incidences of mammary fibroadenoma in the NF group and of lower urinary tract tumors in the FANFT group were significantly greater ( P < 0.01) than those of these tumors in the control group.
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