Labelling indices in human tumours: To apply corrections or not - That is the question

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1635-1643

  Bergstrom C ^a   Begg, A ^b   Palmqvist, R ^a   Waites, A ^a   Denekamp, J ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancers; Human tumours; IUDR; Labelling index; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; COLORECTAL CANCER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LABELING INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS;

EID: 0032991166     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690574     Document Type: Article

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