Obesity Paradox in Lung Cancer Prognosis: Is MiR-26b the Achilles Heel?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Thoracic Oncology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1556-0864
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.10.008