Search and destroy - The right cancer strategy for Europeans?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 660-663

  Welch, H Gilbert ^a  

^a VA Outcomes Group IIIB   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; EUROPE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SCREENING TEST; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 14844337082     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2004.12.018     Document Type: Editorial

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