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Growing Points

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Basic Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy

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The ideal drug for treating cancer would be one which was active when taken orally, which was capable of reaching every part of a tumour and eliminating even the most slowly dividing cells, and which was free of both acute and chronic side-effects. These conditions do not apply for any cancer drug currently prescribable, but several areas of research lead to justifiable optimism about future progress towards the desired selectivity of cancer chemotherapy.

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  1. Cancer Research Campaign, The University of Glasgow, UK

    Kenneth C. Calman M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.S.E. (Professor of Oncology)

  2. Imperial Cancer Research Fund, The University of Edinburgh, UK

    John F. Smyth M.A., M.Sc., M.D., M.R.C.P. (Professor of Medical Oncology)

  3. Sydney Branch, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Australia

    Martin H. N. Tattersall M.A., M.D., M.Sc., M.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P. (Director, Professor of Cancer Medicine)

  4. The University of Sydney, Australia

    Martin H. N. Tattersall M.A., M.D., M.Sc., M.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P. (Director, Professor of Cancer Medicine)

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  1. Kenneth C. Calman M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.S.E.
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© 1980 Kenneth C. Calman, John F. Smyth and Martin H.N. Tattersall

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Calman, K.C., Smyth, J.F., Tattersall, M.H.N. (1980). Growing Points. In: Basic Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86135-4_13

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