When low-dose γ-irradiation was added to this experimental protocol to mimic environmental factors that could induce additional mutations prophylactic ABT737 treatment was shown to delay lymphoma onset in p53 null mice, but this reduction in thymic lymphoma was accompanied by increased incidence of sarcoma, and while significant, the difference in survival outcome afforded by prophylactic ABT 737 treatment was minimal [144]. Here, TP53 is linked to thymus lymphoma.