Current Problems in the Epidemiology of Cancer and Lymphomas : Symposium of the 'Gesellschaft Zur Bekämpfung Der Krebskrankheiten Nordrhein-Westfalen E.V.' Düsseldorf, 4th-6th November, 1971

Front Matter....Pages N1-VIII Opening Remarks....Pages 1-2 The World Health Organization’s Programme for the Histopathological Definition and Classification of Tumours....Pages 3-5 Investigation on the Epidemiological Significance of Detailed Cancer Data — Preliminary Results....Pages 7-28 Multiplicity of Lung Tumour Classifications....Pages 29-35 The Significance of Asbestos in Tissue....Pages 37-46 Histologic Classification as a Problem in the Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer....Pages 47-55 Leukemia and Thyroid Carcinoma Found among A-Bomb Survivors in Hiroshima....Pages 57-83 Migrant Studies in Alimentary Tract Cancer....Pages 85-97 Histological Types of Gastric Cancer and its Relationship with Intestinal Metaplasia....Pages 99-105 Primary Carcinomas of the Liver in Hong Kong: Some Possible Aetiological Factors....Pages 107-118 Recent Techniques and Hypotheses in the Epidemiology of Liver Cancer....Pages 119-124 The Aflatoxins and Human Liver Cancer....Pages 125-129 Latent Carcinoma of the Prostate....Pages 131-137 Mortality and Morbidity of Prostatic Carcinoma....Pages 139-147 The Incidence of Carcinoma of Prostate: An Epidemiological Survey....Pages 149-155 Correlates of Histologic Differentiation of Carcinoma of the Penis....Pages 157-164 Cervical Carcinogenesis: An Epidemiologic Model Adaptable to Control Programs....Pages 165-176 Hormones in the Aetiology and Clinical Course of Breast Cancer....Pages 177-183 The Ovarian Etiology of Human Breast Cancer....Pages 185-192 Primary Intestinal Lymphoma: Clinical Manifestations and Possible Effect of Environmental Factors....Pages 193-199 Detection and Assessment of Case Clustering in Burkitt’s Lymphoma and Hodgkin’s Disease....Pages 201-209 Epidemiologic and Immunologic Considerations on the Pathogenesis of Burkitt’s Tumor....Pages 211-224 Etiology of Burkitt’s Lymphoma....Pages 225-226 Epidemics of Hodgkin’s Disease....Pages 227-233 Hodgkin’s Disease in Childhood — An Epidemiological Study in Northern Germany....Pages 235-240 Back Matter....Pages 241-250