A comprehensive resource for the procedures currently used in vitro cultivation of the major types of human tumors. The book covers culture for lung tumors, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreas, bladder, prostate, ovary, cervix, mammary carcinoma, myoepithelium, squamous, melanoma, lymphoma, glioma, and neuroendocrine tumors. It also compares the biochemical, physiological, and genetic properties of malignant and non-malignant cells.