Cellular glycoconjugates and their specific receptors, e.g. lectins, form a recognitive and informative transfer system that justifies special scientific and clinical attention. In various contributions reviewing the initiation and recent progress in this rapidly developing field advances in clinical oncology are discussed with regard to basic sciences as well as their application in clinical sciences. The approaches comprise reports from diverse fields such as biochemistry, cell biology, pathology and clinical oncology, addressing questions of how tumors grow and spread, and leading to the improvement of clinical management and tumor diagnosis.

Sialic Acids as Regulators of Molecular and Cellular Interactions

Endogenous Lectins of Myeloid and Tumor Cells: Characterization and Biological Implications
Love to Lectins: Personal History and Priority Hysterics
Gangliosides in Recognitive Cell Interactions and Carbohydrate-Mediated Biosignalling
Tumor Imaging: Role of the Target Antigen
Cell Surface Glycoconjugates Associated with Malignancy/ Metastasis of RAW117 Lymphoma Cells
Alterations in Cell Surface Carbohydrates Affecting Invasion in vitro
The Effect of Chemical Deglycosylation of Ricin A-Chain on the Therapeutic Potential of Ricin A-Chain Immunotoxins
Prospects for the Use of Immunotoxins against Solid Tumour Metastases: Studies in a Syngeneic Rat Model System
Detection of Endogenous Sugar Binding Proteins in Malignant Tumors Especially in Human Breast Cancer
Histomorphological Characterization of Carbohydrate-Binding Proteins in Human Lung Cancer
Endogenous Carbohydrate-Binding Proteins in Neuro-Oncology
Detection of Receptors for Sulfated Polysaccharides in the Microvasculature of Human Cerebral Tissues and Brain Tumours by Use of Biotinylated Probes
Receptors for Polysaccharides and Neoglycoproteins in Neoplastic and Inflammatory Intestinal Tissue
Soluble Lectins and Endothelial Cell Growth Factors
Loss of Contact-Dependent Inhibition of Growth in Chemically Transformed Fibroblasts
Immunomodulatory Effects by Mistletoe Lectin
Immunomodulation by Endogenous ß-Galactoside-Specific Lectins
The Role of Lectins and Glycoconjugates in Cellular Slime Mold Adhesion.