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Modelling Metastasis

Extinction kinetics for metastatic cancer stem cells

Wayne S. KendalDivision of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, The University of Ottawa, and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 918-926 | Received 29 Jan 2010, Accepted 07 May 2010, Published online: 01 Nov 2010

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