Abstract:
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Cancerjournal_title
Cancerauthors
Mitchell RE,Lee BT,Cookson MS,Barocas DA,Duke Herrell S,Clark PE,Smith JA,Chang SSdoi
10.1002/cncr.24292subject
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2009-06-01 00:00:00pages
2447-52issue
11eissn
0008-543Xissn
1097-0142journal_volume
115pub_type
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