The importance of heterogeneity in tumor pathology.

doi:10.1097/00125480-199805000-00002

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The importance of heterogeneity in tumor pathology.

Advances in anatomic pathology - 1 May 1998

Rew D A

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Heterogeneity of cell, tissue, and tumor genotype, form, and function confounds clinicopathologic research and therapeutic strategies. Its significance and importance usually are underestimated and underreported, and there is no consistent statistical or biomathematical framework for its interpre...

Topics

Genetic Heterogeneity
Genotype
Humans
Neoplasms

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