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Viruses: Causative agents of cancer
Author(s) -
Sheinin Rose
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197503000-00004
Subject(s) - cancer , limiting , disease , human health , biology , virology , carcinogen , broad spectrum , etiology , computational biology , medicine , pathology , genetics , environmental health , chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering , combinatorial chemistry
Evidence accumulated over a period of 60 years has clearly established that a number of different viruses cause neoplasia (of a broad spectrum) amongst a variety of animals. Although it is known that viruses do produce self‐limiting proliferative human diseases, complete verification of a human viral carcinogen remains to be provided. This paper presents an overview of the conceptual and practical tools for the detection of tumor viruses, which have derived from experimental model systems. It indicates how these are being applied to studies of human malignant disease, with special reference to assessing a possible viral etiology for laryngeal cancer.