Objective To investigate the experessive characteristics of AgNOR contents in different types of tumor tissues in the same system of respiratory tract. Methods AgNOR contents of some types of malignant tumors in respiratory tract were measured by means of microphotometry with the technique of silver staining. Results AgNOR contents were 41. 41+7; 20%, 39. 72+3. 06%, 43. 62+4. 86%, 39. 40+2. 86%, 37. 09+2. 29% for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, laryngeal carcinoma, lung cancer, chronic nasopharyngitis and chronic laryngitis respectively. Conclusion it is suggested that there are various forms of AgN...