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Comment
. 2014 Mar;19(3):305.
doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0363. Epub 2014 Feb 17.

Resistance to "castration-resistant"

Lucio Luzzatto  1
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Resistance to "castration-resistant"

Lucio Luzzatto. Oncologist. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

The author challenges the use of the phrase “castration resistance,” which is widely used in the literature and also appears in a recent article by Merseburger et al.

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    Merseburger AS, Bellmunt J, Jenkins C, Parker C, Fitzpatrick JM. Merseburger AS, et al. Oncologist. 2014 Mar;19(3):305-6. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0395. Epub 2014 Feb 17. Oncologist. 2014. PMID: 24536028 Free PMC article.

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