Understanding cancer as a formless phenomenon

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-75

  Aranda Anzaldo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0036655497     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00111-1     Document Type: Article

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