Kinetics of cancer: A method to test hypotheses of genetic causation

BMC Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Frank, Steven A ^a   Chen, Peng Chieh ^b   Lipkin, Steven M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPAIR; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LYMPHOMA; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOMATIC MUTATION; ADENOMA; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; CARCINOMA; DISEASE COURSE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MORTALITY; MUTATION; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOMA; AGE OF ONSET; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA REPAIR; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GENOTYPE; LYMPHOMA; MICE; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 29944441318     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-5-163     Document Type: Article

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