Pertuzumab: A step forward in treating HER2-positive breast cancer

Translational Cancer Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-118

  Mavroudis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

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EID: 84962735244     PISSN: 2218676X     EISSN: 22196803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-676X.2012.03.05     Document Type: Article

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