Biological research in the evolution of cancer surgery: A personal perspective

Cancer Research

Volumn 68, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 10007-10020

  Fisher, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Forbes Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER GENE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRYOSURGERY; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SKILL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GENERAL SURGERY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 57749092878     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-0186     Document Type: Review

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