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Definitions and terminology in cancer (tumor) etiology

An analysis aiming at proposals for a current internationally standardized terminology

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“Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology” publishes in loose succession “Editorials” and “Guest Editorials” on actual and/or controversial problems in experimental and clinical oncology. These contributions represent exclusively the personal opinion of the author. The Editors Die ‚'Zeitschrift für Krebsforschung und Klinische Onkologie” 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

The Committee on International Collaborative Activities (CICA) of the International Union against Cancer (UICC) has decided to attempt to provide a current internationally standardized terminology in cancer (tumor) etiology, in cooperation with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). As a first stage of this attempt and to encourage international discussion, CICA has requested one of its members, the author, to formulate and publish under his responsibility the present analysis and proposals. This paper, to be published in a number of Cancer Journals, outdates all of its previous versions and drafts (see acknowledgements).

Readers who might care to comment on these proposals by letter are requested to direct their remarks to the Office of the UICC, 3 rue du Conseil Général, Geneva, Switzerland, within 6 months after publication of this article.

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Hecker, E. Definitions and terminology in cancer (tumor) etiology. Z. Krebsforsch. 86, 219–230 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00286941

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