Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis

Front Matter....Pages i-x
The Influence of Human Behavior on Neoplastic Progression....Pages 1-6
The Influence of Stressors on the Progression of Neoplastic Change....Pages 7-18
The Seven Types of Causes of Neoplastic Growth — An Organismic View....Pages 19-30
Chemoprevention Research....Pages 31-42
Premalignant and Non-Invasive Lesions of the Urinary Bladder....Pages 43-50
Species-Specific Aspects of the Carcinogenicity of Chloroform....Pages 51-53
Carcinogenic Effects of Ionizing Radiation....Pages 54-70
Selected Aspects of Viral Carcinogenesis....Pages 71-83
The Quantum Theory of Carcinogenesis — A Short Review....Pages 84-86
Cellular Oncogene Activation by Chromosomal Translocation....Pages 87-91
Amplification of the Oncogene N- MFC as a Correlate to Advanced Stage in Human Neuroblastomas....Pages 92-97
Potential Roles of Activated Proto-Oncogenes in Malignant Progression....Pages 98-105
Oncogenes and their Encoded Products as Targets for Cancer Therapy....Pages 106-112
Methods to Study Ras Oncogene-Mediated Induction of the Metastatic Phenotype....Pages 113-118
Oncogene Products as Potential Therapeutic Targets for Control of Established Metastatic Disease....Pages 119-127
Neoplastic Cell Stages and Progression in Experimental Hepatocarcinogenesis....Pages 128-144
Characterization of Eleven Important Transplantable Murine Tumors from the Standpoint of Morphology, Pyrimidine Biosynthesis and Responsiveness to Pyrimidine Antimetabolites....Pages 145-156
Use of Organ Explant and Cell Culture in Cancer Research....Pages 157-159
Season of Operation and Differential Long-Term Progression: Clinical, Statistical, and Psychological Issues....Pages 160-168
Endogenous Factors Affecting the Progression of Carcinogen-Induced Rat Mammary Carcinomas....Pages 169-178
Age Factors in the Presence of Selected Neoplasms....Pages 179-187
Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields as Possible Promoters of Carcinogenesis....Pages 188-190
Medical Geography and Neoplasms....Pages 191-193
Back Matter....Pages 194-199