Power Law Distribution of Chromosome Aberrations in Cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 7094-7097

  Frigyesi, Attila ^a   Gisselsson, David ^b   Mitelman, Felix ^b   Höglund, Mattias ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIPLICATIVE FLUCTUATION PROCESS; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASMS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0242610896     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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