Tumour tissue: who is in control?

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-11

  Ploem, Martine Corrette ^a   Retèl, Valesca P ^b   Linn, Sabine C ^b   van Boven, Hester H ^b   Schmidt, Marjanka K ^b   de Jong, Jean Philippe ^c   Gevers, Joseph KM ^a   van Harten, Wim H ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LETTER; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC TESTING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; NEOPLASMS; OWNERSHIP; PATIENT RIGHTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 73449096474     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(09)70318-3     Document Type: Letter

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