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The effect on survival of mice innoculated with a splenotropic reticulum cell sarcoma was tested in splenectomized and mock-operated syngeneic mice. The splenectomized animals survived longer. Evidence was presented that this is probably due to rapid destruction of circulating cells, and that the tumor cells are protected by being sequestered in the spleen.
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