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An outline is given of the recent trend to conceive normal growth and normal cell replacement as a balance between the “organizing forces” of the organism and the “inherent growth potentialities” of its various types of cells. In such a view cancerous growth therefore is a failure of these “organizing forces” to keep the “inherent” (or as an alternative possibility: the newly acquired) growth potentialities of a cell (or a group of cells) in check and tuned to the demand of the organism. This concept appeared to be especially suitable for the study of pituitary tumours.
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Giok, K.H. (1961). General Summary. In: An Experimental Study of Pituitary Tumours. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85566-5_6
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