Molecularly targeted therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma - a drug development crisis?

World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 173-185

  Thillai, Kiruthikah ^a,b   Ross, Paul ^a,c   Sarker, Debashis ^a,b,c  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genomics; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Molecular targets; Sorafenib; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978543593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4251/WJGO.V8.I2.173     Document Type: Article

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