Metastatic but not primary melanoma cell lines grow in vitro independently of exogenous growth factors

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 687-690

  Rodeck, Ulrich ^a   Herlyn, Meenhard ^a   Menssen, Hans D ^a   Furlanetto, Richard W ^b   Koprowski, Hilary ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSFERRIN;

CANCER CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; METASTASIS;

CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMAN; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MELANOMA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSFERRIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0023500107     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910400520     Document Type: Article

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