Contributions of the Gordon-Kosswig melanoma system to the present concept of neoplasia.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0749.1991.tb00309.x

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Contributions of the Gordon-Kosswig melanoma system to the present concept of neoplasia.

Pigment cell research - 1 Feb 1991

Anders F

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Modern cancerology is based on the oncogene concept. This is rather new. The idea of the oncogene, however, is old, and can be traced back to two sources, namely to "cancer families," reported in 1866 by P. Broka, and to "virus induced" neoplasia, detected by P. Rous in 1911. A gene which is--to...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Fishes
Genes, src
Genotype
Germany
History, 20th Century
Humans
Melanoma
Models, Biological
Neoplasms
New York
Oncogenes
Phenotype

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