Chromosomes in neoplasia: An appeal for unpublished data

In relation to a recent survey of chromosome aberrations in 856 human neoplasms the following points are presented: 1) the chromosome aberrations of significance to the biology of neoplasms are nonrandom; 2) aberrations of a particular chromosome tend to be of similar kind; 3) aberrations cluster to a limited number of specific chromosomes; 4) geographic differences have been observed in chromosome aberrations; 5) the karyotypic pattern of a neoplasm may be influenced by previous exposure to potential carcinogenic agents; 6) the role of chromosome aberrations in neoplasia—a hypothesis; 7) a plea is made for unpublished data to be included in our next survey of chromosome aberrations.