Abstract
To the clinician, the secondary tumour is of significance only in its prognostic finality; for the pathologist, the importance of the primary relegates the metastatic growth to the background. Yet much may be learnt about malignant tumours from a study of their paths in spreading and the nature of the tissues in which they prefer to form secondary growths. Extensive study of records, critical consideration of theories, and the most painstaking and minute post-mortem examinations, are the essentials in such research work; by adherence to them, Dr. Willis has well surveyed a neglected corner of the field of morbid processes. His book, if of limited interest to the physician and surgeon, is of primary importance to the pathologist, and an essential addition to the cancer research worker's library.
The Spread of Tumours in the Human Body.
By Dr. Rupert A. Willis. (Monographs of the Baker Institute of Medical Research, No. 2.) Pp. x + 540 + 48 plates. (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1934.) 25s.
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The Spread of Tumours in the Human Body . Nature 133, 743 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133743c0
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