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TD501 CONSTRUCTTD50PETO · TOXICOLOGY

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Toxicology

daily dose that would halve the probability of remaining tumor-free over a standard lifespan, a convention for comparing carcinogenic potency.

In toxicology, TD50 refers to daily dose that would halve the probability of remaining tumor-free over a standard lifespan, a convention for comparing carcinogenic potency. This meaning comes from Peto (1984) in Environmental Health Perspectives.[1]

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References

  1. Peto, R., Pike, M. C., Bernstein, L., Gold, L. S., & Ames, B. N. (1984). The TD50: a proposed general convention for the numerical description of the carcinogenic potency of chemicals in chronic-exposure animal experiments. Environmental Health Perspectives, 58, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.84581

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