Tumour cell dissemination and growth of metastasis

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-

  Klein, Christoph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISTANT METASTASIS; EARLY CANCER; EPIGENETICS; EX VIVO STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 75149149426     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc2627-c2     Document Type: Letter

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