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Effect of Cyclophosphamide, 6-Mercaptopurine or Methotrexate on the Furth Rat Leukaemia

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IN the course of experiments designed to test the effect of new cytotoxic chemicals on the Furth leukaemia in the rat, we decided to examine some clinically established cancer chemotherapeutic agents. Because we believed that the action of the agents might have an immunological basis, each was tested alone and in combination with Freund's complete adjuvant.

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GREEN, H., SHORTRIDGE, D. Effect of Cyclophosphamide, 6-Mercaptopurine or Methotrexate on the Furth Rat Leukaemia. Nature 215, 71–72 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215071a0

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