Genomic Alterations in Pancreatic Cancer and their Relevance to Therapy

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 250-258

  Takai, Erina ^a   Yachida, Shinichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genomic alterations; Pancreatic cancer; Personalized medicine; Signaling pathways; Therapeutic targets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959507247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v7.i10.250     Document Type: Article

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