Chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer: Emerging concepts
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New strategies in pancreatic cancer: emerging epidemiologic and therapeutic concepts.
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عنوان ژورنال: Oncology Letters
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1792-1074,1792-1082
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2017.5777