Ciba Foundation Symposium - Steroid Hormones and Tumour Growth (Book I of Colloquia on Endocrinology), Volume I

Content: Chapter 1 Steroids in Relation to Cancer from the Chemical Aspect (pages 1–11): C. W. Shoppee Chapter 2 The Role of Dietary Trace Factors in Hormone?Induced Tissue Growth (pages 12–23): R. Hertz Chapter 3 The Influence of the Male and Female Sex Hormones on the Development of Lymphoid Tumours in Mice (pages 24–30): E. S. Horning and L. Dmochowski Chapter 4 Steroid Hormones and Prostatic Cancer in Mice (pages 31–45): E. S. Horning Chapter 5 Carcinogenic Activity of Sterols (pages 46–51): I. Hieger Chapter 6 The Effect of Steroid Hormones on Experimental Pituitary and Gonadal Tumorigenesis (pages 52–68): W. U. Gardner Chapter 7 Some Effects of Steroids on the Mammary Gland (pages 69–86): S. J. Folley Chapter 8 Le Role des Hormones Steroides dans la Croissance Normale et Pathologique de la Glande Mammaire (pages 87–111): A. Chamorro Chapter 9 The Effect of Steroids on the Incidence of Mammary Tumours in Mice (pages 112–123): O. Muhlbock Chapter 10 Hormonal Responses of Mammary Tumours in Mice (pages 124–134): L. F. Foulds Chapter 11 Anti?Tumour Activities of Steroids in Animals (pages 135–151): C. Chester Stock Chapter 12 The Anti?Androgenic Control of Human Cancer (pages 152–156): C Huggins Chapter 13 Administration of Massive Dosage of Oestrogen to Breast and Prostatic Cancer Patients; Blood Levels Attained (pages 157–169): W. W. Tullner, J. P. Young and R Hertz Chapter 14 The Modification of Tumour?Host Relations by Steroid Hormones (pages 170–186): B. W. Begg Chapter 15 Steroid Hormones and Cancer (pages 187–197): K Dobriner Chapter 16 Acth and Cortisone in Acute Leuk?mia in Children (pages 198–209): J. H. Burchenal Chapter 17 Adrenal Function and Steroid Excretion in Neoplastic Disease (pages 210–224): K Dobriner Chapter 18 Chairman's Closing Remarks (pages 225–227): The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.