One hundred years of somatic mutation theory of carcinogenesis: Is it time to switch?

BioEssays

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 118-120

  Soto, Ana M ^a,b   Sonnenschein, Carlos ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOMATIC MUTATION; THEORY;

CARCINOGENESIS; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84889645644     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300160     Document Type: Article

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