Tumour cell proliferation, but not apoptosis, predicts survival in B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1839-1841

  Stokke, T ^a   Smeland, E B ^a   Kvaloy, S ^b   Holte, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; International prognostic index; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Prognosis; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0031781464     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.305     Document Type: Article

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