Chromosomal instability, aneuploidy, and cancer

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital , Cambridge, MA , USA ; Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
² Cancer Research UK London Research Institute , London , UK ; University College London Cancer Institute , London , UK.

Samuel F Bakhoum et al. Front Oncol. 2014.

. 2014 Jun 19:4:161.

doi: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00161. eCollection 2014.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital , Cambridge, MA , USA ; Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
² Cancer Research UK London Research Institute , London , UK ; University College London Cancer Institute , London , UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: anaphase; aneuploidy; centrosomes; chromatin; chromosomal instability; microtubules; mitosis; spindle.

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