Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis

1. The influence of human behavior on neoplastic progression.- 2. The influence of stressors on the progression of neoplastic change.- 3. The seven types of causes of neoplastic growth — an organismic view.- 4. Chemoprevention research.- 5. Premalignant and non-invasive lesions of the urinary bladder.- 6. Species-specific aspects of the carcinogenicity of chloroform.- 7. Carcinogenic effects of ionizing radiation.- 8. Selected aspects of viral carcinogenesis.- 9. The quantum theory of carcinogenesis — a short review.- 10. Cellular oncogene activation by chromosomal translocation.- 11. Amplification of the oncogene N-Myc as a correlate to advanced stage in human neuroblastomas.- 12. Potential roles of activated proto-oncogenes in malignant progression.- 13. Oncogenes and their encoded products as targets for cancer therapy.- 14. Methods to study RAS oncogene-mediated induction of the metastatic phenotype.- 15. Oncogene products as potential therapeutic targets for control of established metastatic disease.- 16. Neoplastic cell stages and progression in experimental hepatocarcinogenesis.- 17. Characterization of eleven important transplantable murine tumors from the standpoint of morphology, pyrimidine biosynthesis and responsiveness to pyrimidine antimetabolites.- 18. Use of organ expiant and cell culture in cancer research.- 19. Season of operation and differential long-term progression: clinical, statistical, and psychological issues.- 20. Endogenous factors affecting the progression of carcinogen-induced rat mammary carcinomas.- 21. Age factors in the presence of selected neoplasms.- 22. Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields as possible promotors of carcinogenesis.- 23. Medical geography and neoplasms.- Index of subjects.