Tumour metastasis: Is tissue an issue?

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-112

  Ruiter, Dirk J ^a   Van Krieken, Joannes H J M ^a   Van Muijen, Goos N P ^a   De Waal, Robert M W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 0035262654     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(00)00229-1     Document Type: Note

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