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The detection of carcinogenic effects in man

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Apart from the so-called short-term or in vitro test and the animal experiment, epidemiology represents the third method for detecting carcinogenic effects. Epidemiological methodology constitutes the sole possibility of studying in man cancerous diseases and the influence of noxae suspected to be carcinogenic. The three main approaches of epidemiological research-— descriptive, analytic, and experimental epidemiology — are confronted and their importance for tracking down cancer is explained by means of examples.

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  1. Institut für Dokumentation, Information und Statistik am Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrum, Postfach 101949, D-6900, Heidelberg 1, Federal Republic of Germany

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The “Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology” publishes in loose succession “Editorials” and “Guest Editorials” on current and/or controversial problems in experimental and clinical oncology. These contributions represent exclusively the personal opinion of the author. The Editors Die Zeitschrift “Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology” bringt in zwangloser Folge “Editorials” zu aktuellen und/oder kontroversen Problemen der experimentellen und klinischen Onkologie. Diese Beiträge geben ausschließlich die persönliche Meinung des Autors wieder. Die Herausgeber

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Wagner, G. The detection of carcinogenic effects in man. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 97, 215–221 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00405772

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