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TR-485 Oxymetholone

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 485

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CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
OXYMETHOLONE
434-07-1
10/30/98 MAINTAIN A POSITIVE NITROGEN BALANCE. TO PROMOTE WEIGHT GAIN IN CACHEXIA, DEBILITATING DISEASES, SERIOUS INFECTIONS, BURNS, TRAUMA AND SURGERY. TREATMENT OF ANEMIAS. (NTP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY) Gavage MR: 0, 3, 30, OR 150 MG/KG; FR: 0, 3, 30, OR 100 MG/KG Battelle Columbus Laboratory
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE
MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED: SKIN: FIBROMA 0/51 5/50 2/49 2/50 COMBINED 0/51 7/50 2/49 2/50
ADRENAL GLAND MEDULLA: PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA 19/51 21/50 21/50 29/49 COMBINED 19/51 25/50 21/50 29/49
KIDNEY TUBULAR CELL: ADENOMA (STANDARD) 0/51 1/50 0/50 2/49 (EXTENDED) 4/51 12/50 1/50 5/49 COMBINED 4/51 13/50 1/50 6/49
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: LIVER: BASOPHILIC FOCUS; CLEAR CELL FOCUS
LUNG: MINERALIZATION
ADRENAL GLAND: CORTEX; CYTOPLASMIC VACUOLIZATION
KIDNEY: MINERALIZATION; INCREASED SEVERITY OF NEPHROPATHY
MAMMARY GLAND: LOBULAR HYPERPLASIA
TESTES: DEGENERATION; MINERALIZATION
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: TESTES: ADENOMA 33/51 20/50 0/50 0/49
MONONUCLEAR CELL LEUKEMIA: 21/51 15/50 7/50 4/50
FR: CLEAR EVIDENCE LIVER: ADENOMA 1/50 1/50 1/50 8/49 COMBINED 1/50 1/50 1/50 10/49
LUNG: ADEMONA 0/50 0/50 6/50 1/49 COMBINED 0/50 0/50 7/50 1/49
SKIN: COMBINED 0/50 0/50 4/50 5/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: LIVER: BASOPHILIC FOCUS; CLEAR CELL FOCUS
LUNG: MINERALIZATION
ADRENAL GLAND: CORTEX, CYTOPLASMIC VACUOLIZATION
KIDNEY: INCREASED SEVERITY OF NEPHROPATHY
OVARY: DYSGENESIS, SEVERITY OF DYSGENESIS
HEART: MYOCARDIUM; CHRONIC DEGENERATION, SEVERITY OF DEGENERATION
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: UTERUS: STROMAL SARCOMA: 5/50 9/50 2/50 0/50
MAMMARY GLAND: FIBROADEMONA 21/50 11/50 1/50 4/50 COMBINED 23/50 11/50 1/50 4/50
PITUITARY GLAND: ADEMONA 27/50 26/50 18/49 14/50
MONONUCLEAR CELL LEUKEMIA: 12/50 11/50 11/50 5/50