Computer simulation of a breast cancer metastasis model

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-202

  Retsky, Michael W ^a   Demicheli, Romano ^c   Swartzendruber, Douglas E ^a   Bame, Paul D ^a   Wardwell, Robert H ^b   Bonadonna, Gianni ^c   Speer, John F ^d   Valagussa, Pinuccia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OncoMetrics Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Senior Health Care Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer model; Computer simulation; Metastatic development; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TUMOR GROWTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030874543     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005849301420     Document Type: Article

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