Summary: | Cancer has developed into one of the most complex of biological problems and research into its causes, development, manifestations and control is the focal point of a large number of scientific disciplines. It is unlikely that any investigator can completely confine his work or interest within the boundaries of only one of its component disciplines. Cowdry, in a discussion on modern trends in cancer research, has remarked "it is said that in cancer the most productive research is between the sciences, as in the cell itself very fundamental processes take place at the surfaces between different materials". [...]
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