Subcutaneous methylcholanthrene oncogenesis was produced in two strains of mice and statolon, an interferon inducer, was administered at different treatment regimens and at doses only just sufficient to induce an antiviral state in the host. No statistically significant extension of tumor appearance periods was observed.
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