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Referee's report by Frederick William Twort, on a paper 'The influence of various polycyclic hydrocarbons on the growth rate of transplantable tumours' by Alexander Haddow and A M Robinson

Reference number: RR/60/12

Date: 11 December 1936

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Sectional committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. The lack of punctuation can make the paper difficult to follow. Some sentences could be improved and minor corrections are required.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1937].

Endorsed on verso as received 12 December 1936.

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RR/60/12
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11 December 1936
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Frederick William Twort, Referee's report by Frederick William Twort, on a paper 'The influence of various polycyclic hydrocarbons on the growth rate of transplantable tumours' by Alexander Haddow and A M Robinson, 11 December 1936, RR/60/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_60_12/referees-report-by-frederick-william-twort-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-various-polycyclic-hydrocarbons-on-the-growth-rate-of-transplantable-tumours-by-alexander-haddow-and-a-m-robinson, accessed on 11 April 2026

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