Spontaneous regression of cancer

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 395-423

  Papac, Rose J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER REGRESSION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; ONCOGENE;

EID: 0030428125     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-7372(96)90023-7     Document Type: Article

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