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Table 3:<br />

Tumor incidences in 100 ppm vinyl chloride-exposed female Fisher 344 rats<br />

(Drew et al., 1983).<br />

Tumor type<br />

Length of Exposure LDE (ppm) a Tumor incidence b (%)<br />

(months)<br />

Liver hemangiosarcomas control 0 1/112 (0.9)<br />

6 4.5 4/76 (5.3)<br />

12 8.9 11/55 (20.0) ***<br />

18 13.4 13/55 (23.6) ***<br />

24 17.9 19/55 (34.7) ***<br />

Mammary adenocarcinomas control 0 5/112 (4.5)<br />

6 4.5 6/76 (7.9)<br />

12 8.9 11/56 (19.6) **<br />

18 13.4 9/55 (16.4) *<br />

24 17.9 5/55 (9.1)<br />

Hepatocellular carcinomas control 0 1/112 (0.9)<br />

6 4.5 3/75 (4.0)<br />

12 8.9 4/56 (7.1) *<br />

18 13.4 8/54 (14.8) ***<br />

24 17.9 9/55 (16.4) ***<br />

a LDE = Lifetime Daily Exposure. b Value in parentheses is percent incidence.<br />

*<br />

p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001 (Fisher’s exact test)<br />

Table 4: Tumor incidences in 200 ppm vinyl chloride-exposed female Golden Syrian<br />

hamsters (Drew et al., 1983).<br />

Tumor type<br />

Length of Exposure LDE (ppm) a Tumor incidence b (%)<br />

(months)<br />

Hemangiosarcomas (all sites) control 0 0/143 (0)<br />

6 8.9 13/88 (14.8) ***<br />

12 17.9 4/52 (7.7) **<br />

18 26.8 2/103 (1.9)<br />

Mammary carcinomas control 0 0/143 (0)<br />

6 4.5 28/87 (32.2) ***<br />

12 8.9 31/52 (59.6) ***<br />

18 13.4 47/102 (46.1) ***<br />

Skin carcinomas control 0 0/133 (0)<br />

6 4.5 2/80 (2.5)<br />

12 8.9 9/47 (18.8) ***<br />

18 13.4 3/90 (3.3)<br />

a LDE = Lifetime Daily Exposure. b Value in parentheses is percent incidence.<br />

**<br />

p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001 (Fisher’s exact test)<br />

Mice, especially the B6C3F l strain, appeared to be the species most sensitive to the carcinogenic<br />

effects of VC (Drew et al., 1983). Hemangiosarcomas and mammary gland carcinomas in both strains<br />

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