Three-dimensional spheroid model in tumor biology

Pathobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 148-157

  Santini, Maria Teresa ^a   Rainaldi, Gabriella ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cell death; Multicellular spheroids; Tumors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR SPHEROID;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032970945     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028065     Document Type: Review

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