Continued misrepresentation of KB cells as being of oral cancer phenotype requires action

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  O'Neill, Iain D ^a,b  

^a Centre d'Affaires Poincare   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRAIN KB; CLINICAL STUDY; EDITORIAL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MOUTH CANCER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TUMOR GROWTH;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KB CELLS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH;

EID: 70349456584     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.02.005     Document Type: Editorial

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