Some Observations on the Natural Behavior of Cancer in Man

Autor:	J. E. Dunphy
Rok vydání:	1950
Předmět:	Male Oncology Pathology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Physiology Cancer General Medicine medicine.disease Regression Natural (archaeology) Natural resistance Lesion Neoplasms Internal medicine medicine Humans Surgery medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	New England Journal of Medicine. 242:167-172
ISSN:	1533-4406 0028-4793
DOI:	10.1056/nejm195002022420502
Popis:	IT IS generally accepted by surgeons that cancer grows in a steady and irrevocable manner, the rate of which is a function of the particular tumor and bears a fairly close relation to the histologic appearance of the lesion. Not only are apparent arrests or regressions of tumors usually attributed to faulty observations or recent therapy but also little or no consideration is given to the possibility of a natural resistance to cancer. The thesis of this paper is that malignant neoplasms undergo periods of spontaneous arrest or regression alternating with periods of growth and that this phenomenon is a . . .
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