Genetic and molecular aspects of osteosarcoma

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 554-560

  Hansen, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone cancer; Cancer predisposition; Inherited cancer; Osteosarcoma; Tumor suppressor genes

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; GENE PRODUCT; HELICASE; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN P53; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

ANEUPLOIDY; BONE REMODELING; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL AGING; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONCOGENE NEU; ONSET AGE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; ROTHMUND THOMSON SYNDROME; SEX RATIO; TELOMERE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0036978965     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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