Metabolism in experimental malignant tumors. (Problems of Oncology, 1928, No. 1)

Experimental studies have convinced Professor A.V. Repreva (Vopr. Oncology, 1928, No. 1) that inoculation of the smallest pieces of a malignant tumor to an animal has a dramatic effect on the metabolism in the body of the latter and, above all, on water exchange, then on salt metabolism, nitrogenous metabolism, etc. Obviously, tumor cells contain substances close to bodies of an enzymatic nature.