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DR. WEBSTER'S main thesis is that malignant tumours do not grow continuously but show alternating periods of activity and quiescence. This behaviour is attributed to the nature of the life-cycle of the virus responsible for the disease. The full period for one part of the cycle is thirty-three weeks, but the great majority of cases show half periods and multiple periods.
The Periodicity and Cause of Cancer, Leukaemia and Allied Tumours
with Chapters on their Treatment. By Dr. J. H. Douglas Webster. Pp. xv + 178. (London: Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1940.) 12s. 6d.
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GORER, P. The Periodicity and Cause of Cancer, Leukaemia and Allied Tumours. Nature 147, 68 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147068a0
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