Ciba Foundation Symposium on Carcinogenesis, Mechanisms of Action / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor.

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Theories of carcinogenesis / I. Hieger -- Observations on the Oppenheimer method of inducing tumours by subcutaneous implantation of plastic films / P. Alexander and E.S. Horning -- Mechanism of carcinogenesis by viruses / Jacob Furth -- Initiation and promotion in carcinogenesis / A.L. Walpole -- Some new implications of the two-stage mechanism in the study of skin carcinogenesis / I. Berenblum -- The use of cocarcinogens in the study of carcinogenesis / M.H. Salaman -- The mechanism of hormonal carcinogenesis / O. Mühlbock and L.M. Boot -- Carcinogenesis in alloxan-diabetic rats / F. Bielschowsky and Marianne Bielschowsky -- Pharmacological approach to carcinogenesis / H. Druckrey -- Immunological aspects of cancer / H.N. Green -- Loss of specific cell antigen in relation to carcinogenesis / Eberhardt Weiler -- The relation of protein binding to hydrocarbon carcinogenesis / Charles Heidelberger -- The effect of variation in experimental procedure in amine carcinogenesis / Georgiana M. Bonser, L. Bradshaw, D.B. Clayson and J.W. Jull -- The biochemical mechanisms of induction of bladder cancer / E. Boyland -- The nature of the neoplastic transformation in lymphoid tumour induction / Henry S. Kaplan -- Studies on the mechanism of leukaemogenesis by ionizing radiation / A.C. Upton -- Carcinogenesis by leukaemic cell-free extracts in mice / Raymond Latarjet -- The possible rôle of metals and of metal chelation in the carcinogenic process / A. Haddow -- Problems of testing preparations for carcinogenic properties in the chemical industry / C. Hackmann.

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