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Detection and Isolation of Circulating Melanoma Cells using Photoacoustic Flowmetry
Published on: November 25, 2011
Shedding light on melanoma
1University of Oxford. daveW@qimr.edu.au
Biologist (London, England)
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
Not just confined to sunny places, the incidence of melanoma has been rising in all fair-skinned populations around the world. How much is known about the causes of this disease, and can this knowledge be applied to preventive strategies?
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