Chaotic tumors and 2 mistakes of molecular oncologists

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-67

  Heffner, Dennis K ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer diagnosis; Chaos; Digital information; Molecular oncology

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 13444256352     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.anndiagpath.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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