The fuzzy math of solid tumor stem cells: A perspective

Cancer Research

Volumn 67, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 8985-8988

  Kern, Scott E ^a,c   Shibata, Darryl ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOMA; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; UNITED STATES;

FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATENTS; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 35148900228     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-1971     Document Type: Article

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