Abstract
Studies in vitro of oncogenic agents have attained an ever increasing importance mainly because of the precision and ease by which events at the cellular and sub-cellular level can be followed. This article will examine the relevance of such data for the understanding of a much more complicated process — the development of spontaneous malignant tumors in vivo. This seems particularly important in view of the enormous current interest in the possibility that human cancers may be caused by RNA viruses — a hypothesis largely resting on observations in vitro.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1973 Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Pontén, J. (1973). Carcinogenesis in vitro. In: Grundmann, E. (eds) Special Topics in Carcinogenesis. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80786-2_16
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80786-2_16
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-80788-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-80786-2
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive