The war on cancer: A review

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 833, Issue , 1997, Pages 137-146

  Sporn, Michael B ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 0031590717     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48599.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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