Cancer is a somatic cell pregnancy

Cancer Immunity

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Old, Lloyd J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

CT antigens; Gametogenesis; Tumor antigens

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; EDITORIAL; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE MUTATION; PREGNANCY; SOMATIC CELL;

EID: 35948982588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14249634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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