The precancers: Waiting for a classification

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 833-834

  Berman, Jules J ^a   Henson, Donald E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA IN SITU; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPLASIA; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MICROSCOPY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRECANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0141540793     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(03)00440-4     Document Type: Editorial

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