Cancer modeling in the modern era: progress and challenges.

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Published in Cell on January 25, 2002

Authors

Terry Van Dyke1, Tyler Jacks

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

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