Proceedings of the Tenth Canadian Cancer Research / / ed. by P.G. Scholefield.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Ball, J. K.,; Bruce, W. R.,; Hall, Thomas C.,; Hausen, Harald zur,; Kieser, D.,; Koestner, A.,; Laishes, B. A.,; LePage, G. A.,; Lewis, M. G.,; Martin, G. S.,; McCarter, J. A.,; Newcombe, Howard B.,; Powles, Ray,; Prehn, Richmond T.,; San, R. H. C.,; Stich, H. F.,; Weiss, R. A.,; Wong, P. K. Y.,
• HerausgeberIn: Scholefield, P.G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)

The Ninth Canadian Cancer Research Conference centred on multi-disciplinary approaches to the study of cancer. The sessions were organized around areas of current interest (the environment and cancer, present problems in cancer treatment), current areas of heightened interest (tumor viruses), and ar...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• ENDOGENOUS VIRUSES
• The role of herpes viruses in human cancer
• Genetics and evolution of RNA tumor viruses
• Occurrence, properties, and interrelationships of leukemia and sarcoma viruses of the mouse
• ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS
• Record linkage for studies of environmental carcinogenesis
• Transplacental carcinogenesis
• The use of DNA repair in the identification of carcinogens, precarcinogens, and target tissue
• TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY
• Mechanisms of humoral tumor immunity in malignant melanoma
• Immunotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia
• Pitfalls in tumor immunology
• CHEMOTHERAPY
• Selection of regimens for clinical chemotherapy
• The measurement of the effects of anti-cancer agents
• Some model systems in cancer chemotherapy