Current Problems in the Epidemiology of Cancer and Lymphomas: Symposium of the Gesellschaft zur Bekämpfung der Krebskrankheiten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, e. V

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Opening Remarks....Pages 1-2
The World Health Organization’s Programme for the Histopathological Definition and Classification of Tumours....Pages 3-5
Investigation on the Epidemiological Significance of Detailed Cancer Data — Preliminary Results....Pages 7-28
Respiratory Tract Multiplicity of Lung Tumour Classifications....Pages 29-35
The Significance of Asbestos in Tissue....Pages 37-46
Histologic Classification as a Problem in the Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer....Pages 47-55
Leukemia and Thyroid Carcinoma Found among A-Bomb Survivors in Hiroshima....Pages 57-83
Migrant Studies in Alimentary Tract Cancer....Pages 85-97
Histological Types of Gastric Cancer and its Relationship with Intestinal Metaplasia....Pages 99-105
Primary Carcinomas of the Liver in Hong Kong: Some Possible Aetiological Factors....Pages 107-118
Recent Techniques and Hypotheses in the Epidemiology of Liver Cancer....Pages 119-124
The Aflatoxins and Human Liver Cancer....Pages 125-129
Latent Carcinoma of the Prostate....Pages 131-137
Mortality and Morbidity of Prostatic Carcinoma....Pages 139-147
The Incidence of Carcinoma of Prostate: An Epidemiological Survey....Pages 149-155
Correlates of Histologic Differentiation of Carcinoma of the Penis....Pages 157-164
Cervical Carcinogenesis: An Epidemiologic Model Adaptable to Control Programs....Pages 165-176
Hormones in the Aetiology and Clinical Course of Breast Cancer....Pages 177-183
The Ovarian Etiology of Human Breast Cancer....Pages 185-192
Primary Intestinal Lymphoma: Clinical Manifestations and Possible Effect of Environmental Factors....Pages 193-199
Detection and Assessment of Case Clustering in Burkitt’s Lymphoma and Hodgkin’s Disease....Pages 201-209
Epidemiologic and Immunologic Considerations on the Pathogenesis of Burkitt’s Tumor....Pages 211-224
Etiology of Burkitt’s Lymphoma....Pages 225-226
Epidemics of Hodgkin’s Disease....Pages 227-233
Hodgkin’s Disease in Childhood — An Epidemiological Study in Northern Germany....Pages 235-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-250