Advances in Cancer Research
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1956
415 pages
978-0-08-056188-2 (ISBN)
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Advances in Cancer Research
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J.P. Greenstein | A. Haddow
Advances in Cancer Research: v. 4
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01/1956
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Cancer Research, Volume IV
- Copyright Page
- CONTENTS
- Contributors to Volume IV
- Chapter 1. Advances in Chemotherapy of Cancer in Man
- I. Introduction
- II. Clinical Considerations
- III. The Chemotherapy of Acute Leukemia
- IV. A Review of Selected Chemotherapeutic Agents
- V. Present Trends in Synthesis of Carcinolytic Agents
- VI. Advances in Screening Techniques
- VII. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 2. The Use of Myleran and Similar Agents in Chronic Leukemias
- I. Introduction
- II. Problems of Clinical Assessment
- III.The Discovery of Myleran
- IV. Action of Myleran in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- V. The Action of Myleran in Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia, in Acute Leuke-mias, and in Other Conditions
- VI. Conclusions
- VII. Case Reports
- References
- Chapter 3. The Employment of Methods of Inhibition Analysis in the Normal and Tumor-Bearing Mammalian Organism
- I. Introduction
- II. Metabolite-Antimetabolite Relationships in the Whole Animal
- III. Applications to Tumor Chemotherapy
- IV. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4. Some Recent Work on Tumor Immunity
- I. Introduction
- II. Types of Homograft Response
- III. The Detection of Antibodies: Some General Considerations
- IV. The Hemagglutinins and the H-2 System
- V. Passive Immunity to Transplanted Leukemias
- VI. Adoptive Immunity
- VII. The Abrogation of Homograft Resistance by Pretreatment with Certain Tissue Preparations: the Concept of Anergy
- VIII. Mechanisms of Homograft Breakdown
- IX. The Antigenic Structure and Genetic Behavior of Tumors
- References
- Chapter 5. Inductive Tissue Interaction in Development
- I. Introduction
- II. The Eye
- III. Inductive Interaction in Formation of the Ear
- IV. Epithelio-Mesenchymal Interaction
- V. Induction of Cartilage and Bone
- VI. Induction in Kidney Morphogenesis
- VII. Primary Induction
- VIII. Discussion and Resumé
- References
- Chapter 6. Lipids in Cancer
- I. Introduction
- II. Induced Carcinogenesis
- III. The Effect of Fat on Spontaneous Tumorigenesis
- IV. Lipids of Tumors
- V. Lipids in the Tumor-Host Relationship
- References
- Chapter 7. The Relation between Carcinogenic Activity and the Physical and Chemical Properties of Angular Benzacridines
- I. Introduction
- II. Chemistry of the Angular Benzacridines
- III. Carcinogenic Activity of Angular Benzacridines
- IV. Physical Chemistry of the Angular Benzacridines
- V. General Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8. The Hormonal Genesis of Mammary Cancer
- I. Introduction
- II. Mammary Tumors in Mice
- III. Mammary Tumors in Rats
- IV. The Mechanism of Action of the Hormonal Factor
- V. The Influence of Lactation
- VI. The Hormonal Factor and the Mammary Tumor Agent
- VII. Mammary Tumors Induced by Carcinogenic Hydrocarbons
- VIII. Comparison with Human Mammary Cancer
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
