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Tumor Biology and Clinical Trials: The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award Lecture¹

Department of Human Oncology, Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

Laboratory research is often described as basic and clinical research, prognostic or empirical. In this address, the point is made that research may be clinical or laboratory. Good clinical research may give important biological answers. Breast cancer clinical trials are described in terms of their biological interpretation. A list of significant biological questions that need answering are presented.

¹ Presented at the 1977 Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Denver, Colo.