Tracking tumor evolution via prostate-specific antigen: An individual post-operative study

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Erbudak, Mehmet ^a   Erzan, Ayşe ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; TIME;

CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955071037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-7-30     Document Type: Article

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