title: [The scientific career of V. M. Dil'man].
abstract: The life and research career of Prof. V.M. Dilman, who would have been 75 in July, 2000, are briefly outlined. V.M. Dilman had been on the staff of the N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology for many years. He contributed much to the development of oncology, endocrinology and gerontology. Among the basic features of the ontogenetic model of development and aging put forward by V.M. Dilman are the age-associated emergence of hormonal-metabolic factors of increased risk for cancer and relevant measures to be taken to retard this process.
authors.affiliation: N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, Ministry of Health of the RF, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Napalkov
mesh_terms: D005853:Geriatrics / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000266:history; D014586:USSR