[CITATION][C] Carcinogenesis: A facet of living processes

HP Rusch - Cancer Research, 1954 - AACR
HP Rusch
Cancer Research, 1954AACR
In 1987 the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service appointed a
committee of leading scientists to" formulate, as far as possible, the fundamental aspects of
the cancer problem and to suggest various lines of work which merit investigation." The
report of this distinguished committee was published in 1988 (5). Some of their most
pertinent conclusions were as follows: 1. The causes of cancer" are multiple and diverse and
vary for each type of cancer." 2." Once malignancy is established in a cell it becomes an …
In 1987 the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service appointed a committee of leading scientists to" formulate, as far as possible, the fundamental aspects of the cancer problem and to suggest various lines of work which merit investigation." The report of this distinguished committee was published in 1988 (5). Some of their most pertinent conclusions were as follows:
1. The causes of cancer" are multiple and diverse and vary for each type of cancer." 2." Once malignancy is established in a cell it becomes an automatic process, independent of the presence of a continuously acting agent of outside origin, and the new character of the cell becomes a fixed one which is passed unchanged to the descendants."
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