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Use of cultured human tissues and cells in carcinogenesis research

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A variety of approaches are used to study carcinogenesis. Recent advances in techniques for culture of human tissues and cells have provided additional experimental systems of study the process of carcinogenesis and the genetics of cancer.

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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.

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Gabrielson, E.W., Harris, C.C. Use of cultured human tissues and cells in carcinogenesis research. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 110, 1–10 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00402495

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