Fundamentals of oncology / Henry C. Pitot.

New York : Marcel Dekker, [1981], ©1981.

ix, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

2nd ed., rev. and expanded.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cancer: Yesterday and Today -- The Language of Oncology -- The Etiology of Cancer: Chemical and Physical Agents -- The Etiology of Cancer as an Infectious Disease -- The Etiology of Cancer: Germline Genetic Factors -- The Etiology of Cancer: Somatic Cell Genetics -- The Natural History of Neoplastic Development: Initiation and Promotion -- The Natural History of Neoplastic Development: Host Effects During Carcinogenesis -- The Natural History of Neoplastic Development: Progression -- Consequences of the Stage of Progression -- Environmental Factors in the Etiology of Human Cancer--Chemical Agents and Processes -- Environmental Factors in the Etiology of Human Cancer--Physical and Biological Agents -- Evaluation of Toxic and Carcinogenic Environmental Agents: Scientific and Societal Considerations and Their Role in Cancer Prevention -- The Natural History of the Development of Neoplasia in Cultured Cells and Tissues -- The Cellular and Molecular Biology of Neoplasia in Vivo -- Cellular and Molecular Biology of Neoplastic Transformation in Vitro -- The Host-Tumor Relationship--Nutritional Factors and Biomarkers -- The Host-Tumor Relationship--Endocrine Factors and Stromal Reaction -- Immunobiology of the Host-Tumor Relationship -- Some Basic and Applied Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy -- Epilogue: Cancer: Tomorrow and the Future.