Abstract:Previous reports from this laboratory ( I ) have described the significantly reduced uptake of radioactive iodine, and the histology of an understimulated thyroid gland, present in rats implanted with hormone-secreting pituitary tumors. Thyroid inhibition also has been described in rats implanted with a malignant nonendocrine tumor (2,3) and in humans with a variety of cancers ( 4 ) .The tumor strain employed here was the MtTW5 which secretes prolactin and growth hormone but not TSH or ACTH. The hormonal prope… Show more
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