Growth of human tumour cell colonies from biopsies using two soft-agar techniques

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1978, Pages 77-81

  Peckham, M J ^a   Selby, P J ^a   Mills, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY;

AGAR; ANIMALS; CLONE CELLS; HUMANS; METHODS; MICE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0018144586     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1978.165     Document Type: Article

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