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. 2005 Oct;2(10):e349.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020349. Epub 2005 Oct 25.

Retinoblastoma: teacher of cancer biology and medicine

Alfred Knudson  1
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Retinoblastoma: teacher of cancer biology and medicine

Alfred Knudson. PLoS Med. 2005 Oct.

Abstract

Retinoblastoma attracts the interest of oncologists as well as cancer biologists. Knudson discusses why retinoblastoma has been a model for guiding our understanding of cancer genes.

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Competing Interests: The author declares that no competing interests exist.

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