Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 1 , Pages 68-75 , July 2002

Understanding cancer as a formless phenomenon

  • A Aranda-Anzaldo

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Prof. Armando Aranda-Anzaldo, Laboratorio de Biologı́a Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, UAEM, Apdo. Postal 428, C.P. 50000, Toluca, Edo. Méx., México. Phone: 52-7-2173552 ext: 113; Fax: 52-7-2174142

Received 13 June 2001 ,Accepted 1 November 2001.

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Medical Hypotheses
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