Biochemistry of Human Cancer

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Abstract
THE medieval alchemist tried to transmute base metals to gold without essential knowledge of the laws of physics and chemistry, and hence failure was his lot, although popular fancy long sustained such efforts. With the prerequisite basic knowledge, transmutation of the elements today is commonplace, and of ever-increasing importance. The search for a cure for cancer, before an understanding of mechanisms controlling cell growth and the integration of cell populations has been achieved, bears an obvious analogy. The 5031 recorded trials of antitumor agents in lower species show the limitations of the random chemotherapeutic approach to cancer control.1 , 2 In this . . .

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