Metabolic Drivers in Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
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عنوان ژورنال: Annual Review of Cancer Biology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2472-3428,2472-3428
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-030419-033612