Article
Historical origins of current concepts of carcinogenesis.
Advances in cancer research - 1 Jan 1994
Lawley P D
Abstract excerpt
The first attempts to understand the causes of cancer were based on generalizations of what might now be termed a "holistic" nature, and hereditary influences were recognized at an early stage; these views survive principally through a supposed positive connection between psychological factors such as stress and diminished ability to combat the progressive development of tumors through some form of...
Topics
- Alkylation
- Animals
- Biotransformation
- Carcinogens
- Carcinogens, Environmental
- DNA
- Humans
- Mutation
- Neoplasms
- Oncogenes
- Smoking