| Type | MGI:General | Description | 71% of mice chronically injected intraperitoneally with crocidolite asbestos fibers develop peritoneal malignant mesotheliomas compared to 35% of wild-type mice asbestos-induced malignant mesotheliomas are larger and more aggressive than in wild-type mice, often with invasion to the pancreas, liver and/or intestinal smooth muscle mice injected with asbestos succumb to disease earlier than wild-type mice, with a median survival of 46 weeks compared to 60 weeks in wild-type mice |
