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The Ninth Canadian Cancer Research Conference centred on multi-disciplinary approaches to the study of cancer. The sessions were organized around areas of current interest (the environment and cancer, present problems in cancer treatment), current areas of heightened interest (tumor viruses), and areas of hope for the future (chromosome structure and somatic cell genetics, antigenic and functional properties of cell surfaces). The Canadian Cancer Research Conferences, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute of Canada, focus on multi-disciplinary approaches to the study of cancer and serve as an international forum for the presentation and discussion of new research into the problem of cancer. This collection of twelve stimulating and informative papers from the tenth conference is devoted to discussions of endogenous viruses, environmental carcinogens, tumor immunology, and chemotherapy. It should be not only valuable to the expert but within the grasp of the novice. The following papers are included. The role of herpes viruses in human cancer HARALD ZUR HAUSEN Genetics and evolution of RNA tumor viruses G.S. MARTIN AND R.A. WEISS Occurrence, properties, and interrelationships of leukemia and sarcoma viruses of the mouse J.A. MCCARTER, J.K. BALL, AND P.K.Y. WONG Record linkage for studies of environmental carcinogenesis HOWARD B. NEWCOMBE Transplacental carcinogenesis A. KOESTNER The use of DNA repair in the identification of carcinogens, precarcinogens, and target tissue H.P. STICH, D. KIESER, B.A. LAISHES, AND R.H.C. SAN Mechanisms of humoral tumor immunity in malignant melanoma M.G. LEWIS Immunotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia RAY POWLES Pitfalls in tumor immunology RICHMOND T. PREHN Selection of regimens for clinical chemotherapy THOMAS C. HALL The measurement of the effects of anti-cancer agents W.R. BRUCE Some model systems in cancer chemotherapy G.A. LE PAGE