The number distribution for involved lymph nodes in cancer

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-43

  Kendal, Wayne S ^a  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Gastric cancer; Laryngeal cancer; Melanoma; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DATA REDUCTION; KINEMATICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BREAST CANCER; CERVICAL CANCER; GASTRIC CANCER; LARYNGEAL CANCER; MELANOMA; RECTAL CANCER;

TUMORS;

CANCER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; KINEMATICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC SECTOR;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BREAST CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 33845203701     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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