Molecular oncology in pancreatic cancer

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 313-320

  Gansauge, S ^a   Gansauge, F ^a   Beger, H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

cancer; genes; growth factors; pancreas; tumor markers

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GROWTH FACTOR; INTEGRIN; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER GENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ONCOGENE K RAS; PANCREAS CANCER; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030009878     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00207508     Document Type: Review

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