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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...
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