A Symposium Summary and Perspective on Comparative Molecular Biology of Cancer

A symposium entitled &dquo;Oncogenes and Other Molecular Aspects of Cancer-A Comparative Approach&dquo; was sponsored by the Registry of Comparative Pathology and held in conjunction with the 15th International Symposium of The Society of Toxicologic Pathologists in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 1996. The symposium was organized by Dr. Tim O’Neill of the Registry of Comparative Pathology and chaired by Dr. D. G. Scarpelli of Northwestern University Medical School. Keynote speakers were Dr. Peter C. Nowell of the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Cheryl Lyn Walker of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas. Other speakers included Dr. Torgny Fredrickson (National Can-