TGFA and gastric cancer: The effect of prolonged administration of transforming growth factor (34-43)-alpha, an antagonist of TGF-alpha, on gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) and on the labelling and apoptotic indices and TGF-alpha immunoreactivity of gastric mucosa and gastric cancers was examined in Wistar rats.