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Comment
. 2015 Dec 1;113(11):1636.
doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.331. Epub 2015 Sep 15.

Comment on: 'KRAS and BRAF mutations are prognostic biomarkers in patients undergoing lung metastasectomy of colorectal cancer.' Variation in survival associated with proto-oncongenes is not evidence for effectiveness of lung metastasectomy

Giuseppe Cardillo  1 , Sahar Mokhles  2 , Norman Williams  3 , Fergus Macbeth  4 , Christopher Russell  5 , Tom Treasure  6
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Comment on: 'KRAS and BRAF mutations are prognostic biomarkers in patients undergoing lung metastasectomy of colorectal cancer.' Variation in survival associated with proto-oncongenes is not evidence for effectiveness of lung metastasectomy

Giuseppe Cardillo et al. Br J Cancer. .
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