Article
[Genesis, progression and prevention of human cancers].
Nihon Sanka Fujinka Gakkai zasshi - 1 Aug 1991
Fujita S
Abstract excerpt
Long-term studies of in vivo kinetics of growth and proliferation of human cancers in vivo have revealed that carcinomas become manifest in patients some 25 years after carcinogenetic process has begun (Fujita '78). During this long period of cancer growth, do cancer cells remain unchanged, in morphology and function? So far, few pathologists have attempted to answer the question. At late stages of cancer growth,...
Topics
- Aneuploidy
- Cell Division
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Diploidy
- Humans
- Mutation
- Neoplasms