Tumour viruses - Could they be an Achilles' heel of cancer?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1815-1816

  Farrell, P J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; GANCICLOVIR; PACLITAXEL;

CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; NOTE; ONCOVIRINAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0036710697     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(02)00241-1     Document Type: Editorial

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