“…This finding is in good agreement with data measured in rat tumours with various methods including glass and antimony electrodes, collection of interstitial fluid, 31phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy and distribution of weak acids and bases (range of mean pH: 6.59-7.25; Voegtlin et al, 1935;Kahler & Robertson, 1943;Tagashira et al, 1953Tagashira et al, , 1954Eden et al, 1955;Scheid & Kunze, 1962;Kahler & Moore, 1962;Gullino et al, 1965;Rauen et al, 1968;von Ardenne & Reitnauer, 1976, 1979Dickson & Calderwood, 1979;Song et al, 1980;Mueller-Klieser et al, 1981;Busse et al, 1981;van den Berg et al, 1982;Dickson & Calderwood, 1983;Hinsull et al, 1984;Jain et al, 1984;Koeze et al, 1984;Arnold et al, 1985;Osinsky et al, 1987).…”