The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 33, 429-432,
Copyright, 1921, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
STUDIES ON X-RAY EFFECTS
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VII. EFFECT OF SMALL DOSES OF X-RAYS OF LOW PENETRATION ON THE RESISTANCE OF MICE TO TRANSPLANTED CANCER.
Waro Nakahara Ph.D.1 and
James B. Murphy M.D.1
1 From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
A relatively increased degree of resistance in mice to a certain strain of transplantable cancer was demonstrated after treatment of animals with small doses of x-rays capable of stimulating lymphoid tissue. The refractory state induced was determinable 3 to 7 days after the dose of x-rays was given.
Submitted on October 21, 1920