Encyclopedic tumour analysis guided treatments with conventional drugs outperform available alternatives in refractory cancers
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Oncology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0923-7534
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz413.098