Fractals and cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3683-3688

  Baish, J W ^a   Jain, R K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH;

ALGORITHMS; ANOXIA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 0034660890     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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