Sizing up circulating tumor cells for personalized therapy
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Neighborhood matters: Response to EZH2 methyltransferase inhibitors Comment on: Amatangelo MD, et al. Cell Cycle 2013; 12:2113–9; PMID:23759589; http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cc.25163 Kshipra M Gharpure and Anil K Sood*; Department of Gynecologic Oncology; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston, TX USA; Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNAs; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston, TX USA; Department of Cancer Biology; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston, TX USA; *Email: [email protected]; http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cc.25775
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