When is precancerous actually postcancerous?

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 129-133

  Bergstein, Ivan ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer evolution; Mutation; Precancerous tumor; Progenitor cell; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER; CANCER REGRESSION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0033653238     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2744(200011)29:3<129::AID-MC1>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Review

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